Sentier botanique Jeanne BARET et Philibert COMMERSON

Philibert COMMERSON (1727-1773), naturalist physician, brilliant intellectual and tireless botanist

Jeanne BARET (1740-1807), young Morvan peasant, plant gatherer and servant to husband and wife Philibert COMMERSON and Antoinette Vivante BEAU, before becoming the first woman to circumnavigate the globe on a Royal Navy ship.

In 1764, before Philibert COMMERSON and Jeanne BARET left for Paris, they lived in Toulon-sur-Arroux.

This wooded and flower-filled tour will enable you to follow in the footsteps of these two adventurers. Visit the Tourist Information Office at Moulin des Roches.