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Jardin Exotique À Èze

, Éze, France
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<p>The <b>Jardin botanique d'Èze</b>, also called the <b>Jardin exotique d'Èze</b> or simply the <b>Jardin d'Èze</b>, is a botanical garden located on the Place du Général de Gaulle in <a href="/pages/w/108271739201176">Èze</a>, <a href="/pages/w/104035862965489">Alpes-Maritimes</a>, <a href="/pages/w/134631216571256">Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur</a>, <a href="/pages/w/105604449474183">France</a>.</p><p>The garden was created after <a href="/pages/w/109429592416229">World War II</a> on a chateau's ruins by town mayor André Gianton and Jean Gastaud of the <a href="/pages/w/140339319325667">Jardin Exotique de Monaco</a>. It is sited on steep terrain falling over 400 meters to the sea with panoramic views of the coast, and known for its impressive collection of <a href="/pages/w/108398859180160">cactus</a> and <a href="/pages/w/105834309456985">succulent</a>s from the Mediterranean region, Africa, and the Americas.</p><p>Today the garden's collections include <i><a href="/pages/w/112016282155476">Cephalocereus senilis</a></i>, <i><a href="/pages/w/141104729248694">Echinocactus grusonii</a></i>, <i><a href="/pages/w/340841479287084">Ferocactus pilosus</a></i>, <i><a href="/pages/w/112748915407094">Opuntia</a> spp.</i>, <i><a href="/pages/w/136305379733083">Neobuxbaumia polylopha</a></i>, and <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichocereus_pasacana" class="wikipedia">Trichocereus pasacana</a></i>, as well as the succulents <i><a href="/pages/w/143232239021690">Aeonium arboreum</a></i>, <i><a href="/pages/w/102887859766553">Aeonium canariense</a></i>, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agave_americana_picta" class="wikipedia">Agave americana picta</a></i>, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agave_americana_marginata" class="wikipedia">Agave americana marginata</a></i>, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agave_salmania" class="wikipedia">Agave salmania</a></i>, <i><a href="/pages/w/134918813209447">Agave victoriae-reginae</a></i>, <i><a href="/pages/w/106276352742815">Aloe arborescens</a></i>, <i><a href="/pages/w/135177509849716">Aloe succotrina</a></i>, <i><a href="/pages/w/159038557461635">Aloe ciliaris</a></i>, <i><a href="/pages/w/132602940109593">Aloe ferox</a></i>, <i><a href="/pages/w/112670405414704">Carpobrotus edulis</a></i>, <i><a href="/pages/w/135237199840714">Echeveria elegans</a></i>, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphorbia_coerulescens" class="wikipedia">Euphorbia coerulescens</a></i>, <i><a href="/pages/w/452199074801045">Pachyphytum oviferum</a></i>, and <i><a href="/pages/w/142541432425517">Yucca elephantipes</a></i>.</p>

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