PARK JEAN RAMEAU

This park, named after the great Landes poet and novelist Jean Rameau, was formerly known as La Pépinière. Located on Place Francis Planté, named after a Landes poet and novelist at the beginning of the last century, it was created in 1793 to enable the cultivation of Landes pine. It became a public garden in 1947. Discover remarkable plants and collections, including all varieties of beech, as well as two sculptures, L'homme et la mort by Léon-Alexandre Delhomme and La chute des feuilles by Julien Lorieux. The grand massif is where the municipal green spaces department gathers all the spring and summer plants used for the city's flower beds. Each plant is identified, allowing us to discover new varieties for our gardens! A children's play area, a kiosk, an open-air theater and a Japanese garden created for the Year of Japan in 1997. Since 2012, a new work has taken its place in this garden, by Roland Cognet, Paysage et loup, part of the "La forêt d'Art Contemporain" tour (see the commune of Sabres). In 2013, to coincide with Mont-de-Marsan Sculptures, the kiosk was renovated and now houses a unique monumental work: the equestrian statue of Marechal Foch (several plaster casts of which are in the Musée Despiau-Wlérick and the final bronze work, in Paris), by Robert Wlérick and Raymond Martin. Guided tours are available in summer with the Tourist Office guide (by appointment for groups).