{"id":56,"date":"2017-03-14T10:17:32","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T09:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.domainedurayol.org\/visites-et-activites\/visites\/expositions-permanentes\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T10:16:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T09:16:12","slug":"permanent-exhibitions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.domainedurayol.org\/en\/events\/permanent-exhibitions\/","title":{"rendered":"Permanent exhibitions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><del>T<\/del>wo permanent exhibitions are on show at the Domaine du Rayol. Great venues for exploration, education and spreading the Garden\u2019s key messages, they are open to everyone, all year round.<\/p>\n<h2>The Villa Rayolet: From holiday resort to Gilles Cl\u00e9ment&#8217;s Mediterranean Gardens<\/h2>\n<p>Built in 1925 by the Courmes family, then extended and modernised in the early 1940s for the Potez family, the Villa Rayolet is today on the additional register of historic monuments. This bourgeois seaside Villa, which reflects the new post-war lifestyle, is now open for visits every day. It houses a permanent exhibition: \u201cDe la vill\u00e9giature au Jardin des M\u00e9diterran\u00e9es de Gilles Cl\u00e9ment\u201d (From holiday resort to Gilles Cl\u00e9ment\u2019s Mediterranean Gardens).<\/p>\n<div class=\"gallery gallery-split\"><div class=\"gallery-captions\"><p class=\"gallery-captions__item\"><span class=\"gallery-captions__item__number\">01.<\/span> The Villa Rayolet from the outside<\/p><p class=\"gallery-captions__item\"><span class=\"gallery-captions__item__number\">02.<\/span> The Villa Rayolet exhibition<\/p><\/div><a class=\"gallery__item\" href=\"https:\/\/www.domainedurayol.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/06\/Villa-Rayolet-\u00a9-Domaine-du-Rayol-AT-7.jpg\" title=\"Villa Rayolet \u00a9 Domaine du Rayol, AT\">\n                    <div class=\"gallery__item__thumbnail\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.domainedurayol.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/06\/Villa-Rayolet-\u00a9-Domaine-du-Rayol-AT-7.jpg)\"><\/div>\n                    <span class=\"gallery__item__number\">01<\/span>\n                <\/a><a class=\"gallery__item\" href=\"https:\/\/www.domainedurayol.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/06\/La-Villa-Rayolet-\u00a9-Domaine-du-Rayol-AT-5.jpg\" title=\"Villa Rayolet \u00a9 Domaine du Rayol, AT\">\n                    <div class=\"gallery__item__thumbnail\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.domainedurayol.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/06\/La-Villa-Rayolet-\u00a9-Domaine-du-Rayol-AT-5.jpg)\"><\/div>\n                    <span class=\"gallery__item__number\">02<\/span>\n                <\/a><\/div>\n<h3>Three exhibition rooms<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The central room presents the history and evolution of the Jardin des M\u00e9diterran\u00e9es, placed in the long line of landscaped gardens that preceded it.<\/li>\n<li>The right room traces the life of the Domaine du Rayol through that of its owners throughout the 20th century.<\/li>\n<li>The left room is dedicated to the life and work of landscape gardener Gilles Cl\u00e9ment, designer of the Jardin des M\u00e9diterran\u00e9es.<br \/>\n\u201cScreen panels\u201d, placed along the walls so as not to cut off the views towards the outside and the mirror effects specific to certain rooms, present a rich iconography tracing the history of the site.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>A few \u201cobjects\u201d occupy the space without distorting it:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>In the room dedicated to the Jardin des M\u00e9diterran\u00e9es:<br \/>\nA \u201cglobal garden\u201d table with a globe revealing the areas subject to the Mediterranean climate,<br \/>\nA \u201csound column\u201d to listen to short sentences from Gilles Cl\u00e9ment and gardeners speaking about the garden.<\/li>\n<li>In the \u201cowners\u201d room:<br \/>\nA table allowing you to leaf through \u201cfamily albums\u201d with photos complementary to the panels: an album for each of the two families who lived at the Domaine (Courmes and Potez), an album detailing the architecture, and two albums intended for children.<br \/>\nA large model of Villa Rayolet, to understand its complex layout.<\/li>\n<li>In the room dedicated to Gilles Cl\u00e9ment:<br \/>\nA majestic chandelier made of seeds and leaves collected in the Jardin des M\u00e9diterran\u00e9es and frozen in drops of resin.<br \/>\n\u201cWooden petals\u201d engraved with the definitions of Gilles Cl\u00e9ment\u2019s key concepts, which play a game with the large mirror in the room.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The Marine Garden: a complex environment<\/h2>\n<p>The coastline is a complex environment which is subject to great stresses and strains. Imagine living at the sea\u2019s edge all year round: the almost constant battering of the wind, the burning sun, the salt, etc. The forms of life which grow in this environment need plenty of courage!<br \/>\nThe sea\u2019s influence can be felt far from the sea itself; even so, several rare species of plant manage to grow here. Each of these has evolved by adapting to the constraints of their environment, for example by growing towards the wind or by covering themselves in hair. These plants possess more than one secret weapon when it comes to self-protection!<\/p>\n<div class=\"gallery gallery-split\"><div class=\"gallery-captions\"><p class=\"gallery-captions__item\"><span class=\"gallery-captions__item__number\">03.<\/span> Maison de la Plage<\/p><p class=\"gallery-captions__item\"><span class=\"gallery-captions__item__number\">04.<\/span> The Marine Exhibition<\/p><\/div><a class=\"gallery__item\" href=\"https:\/\/www.domainedurayol.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/06\/La-Maison-de-la-Plage-\u00a9-Domaine-du-Rayol-36.jpg\" title=\"Maison de la Plage \u00a9 Domaine du Rayol, AT\">\n                    <div class=\"gallery__item__thumbnail\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.domainedurayol.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/06\/La-Maison-de-la-Plage-\u00a9-Domaine-du-Rayol-36.jpg)\"><\/div>\n                    <span class=\"gallery__item__number\">03<\/span>\n                <\/a><a class=\"gallery__item\" href=\"https:\/\/www.domainedurayol.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/06\/Hiver-au-Jardin-janvier-\u00a9-Domaine-du-Rayol-AT-230.jpg\" title=\"Maison de la Plage \u00a9 Domaine du Rayol, AT\">\n                    <div class=\"gallery__item__thumbnail\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.domainedurayol.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/06\/Hiver-au-Jardin-janvier-\u00a9-Domaine-du-Rayol-AT-230.jpg)\"><\/div>\n                    <span class=\"gallery__item__number\">04<\/span>\n                <\/a><\/div>\n<h3>The Mediterranean shallows: a biodiversity \u2018hotspot\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>The Mediterranean shoreline is often defined as one of the world\u2019s biodiversity \u2018hotspots\u2019. Scientists estimate that almost 60% of species here are habitat-specific, and almost 20% are threatened with imminent extinction. This is partly due to the great variety of habitats in the Mediterranean shallows. At the Domaine du Rayol there are rocky shores, sandy shores and Neptune grass beds; each of these different habitats contains a remarkable diversity of animal and plant species.<br \/>\nThe DPM (Domaine Public Maritime \u2013 Public Maritime Zone), entrusted to the Domaine du Rayol Association and described as the garden\u2019s 11th landscape, is living evidence of the natural wealth contained in this environment.<\/p>\n<h3>A whole world that needs protecting<\/h3>\n<p>This exhibition aims to raise awareness of the incredible capacity to adapt demonstrated by marine species. Using the examples of Neptune grass and other iconic species, it describes their characteristics, how they have adapted to their environment, what threatens them, etc. and informs us about the appropriate actions that can be taken in order to protect these areas from the results of human impact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two permanent exhibitions are on show at the Domaine du Rayol. Great venues for exploration, education and spreading the Garden\u2019s key messages, they are open to everyone, all year round. 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