Venerable treeJura
Tilleul de la Grange Sauvaget
Bracon
Dimensions
About 25 m, girth of around 17 m
Period
True age uncertain (around 240 years according to dendrochronology in 1992); oral tradition dates it to 1477
What stands there
1 (a clump of fused suckers)
Regarded as the largest lime tree in France, with a girth of around 17 metres, this remarkable tree grows near Bracon. Local tradition relates that it was planted in 1477 at the marriage of Mary of Burgundy to Maximilian of Habsburg, although a dendrochronological study in 1992 revealed an age of only around 240 years. Recognised as an "Arbre remarquable de France" (Remarkable Tree of France) in 2000.
Wikipédia - Bracon (tilleul de la Grange Sauvaget) ↗
Getting there : In open countryside, at the place called La Grange-Sauvaget, near Salins-les-Bains
Opening times and access details are given as a guide only: check before you set out.
Ambient sound
Nearby
- Chêne de la Liberté de ClucyVenerable tree · Clucy · 2.5 km
- Mont Poupet et les trois soleils de la TrinitéSacred mountain · Saint-Thiébaud · 4.6 km
- Abbaye de BalerneCistercian abbey · Mont-sur-Monnet · 23 km
- Le Sapin Président de la forêt de la JouxVenerable tree · Supt · 25 km
- Château-ChalonLegendary castle · Château-Chalon · 28 km
- Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-ChêneChapel · Scey-Maisières · 30 km
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