page_title: Corderie Royale
section_title: The Jardin des Retours and the rigging area
hierarchical_section_title: Corderie Royale / History / The Jardin des Retours and the rigging area
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Aire des gréements Corderie royale Rochefort Charente-Maritime France
context_page_description: The Corderie Royale International de la mer is a vast museum complex located in the heart of the maritime Arsenal de Rochefort. The building built in 1666 has been classified as a historic monument since 1967, and currently a candidate for inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
  The part open to visitors has since 1986 permanent and temporary exhibitions dedicated to the maritime world and the history of the Arsenal de Rochefort.
context_section_description: This pleasant park of contemporary creation, inaugurated in 1991 and referred to as jardin des Retours (Garden of Returns), was created to enhance the site of the Corderie Royal.
  It is also composed of the 'rigging area' which is cut off on the edge of the Charente, whose aim is to illustrate the theme of ropes and the time of sailing. The labyrinthe des Batailles navales (Maze of Naval Battles), made of yew, follows.
  This vast garden of rare plants, which stretches over an 18-hectare tree-lined area, has been landscaped as a theatre of greenery, imagined as an introduction to botanical art, and forms a walking space all around the Corderie Royal. It is divided into three large green spaces represented by the jardin de la Marine (Garden of the Navy), jardin de la Galissonnière, and jardin des Amériques (Garden of the Americas).
caption: Half-scale rigging in the rigging area
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