We are in a beautiful region of the center of the Loire, right in Reignac-sur-Indre .This exceptional place is rich in dense forests, in an important river that crosses and nourishes it, and Wherever you leave your eyes, everything will be saturated by soft green hills, limestone hills, ocher meadows, large fields of corn and numerous sunflower fields.
Here, just in case the natural imagination wasn't already quite suggestive, the human hand has also wanted to raise a unique tourist attraction: the largest vegetable maze in the world. Amazing! We invite you to meet him.
The magic of the labyrinth of Reignac-sur-Indre
The idea was original and almost immediately successful.It was in 1996 when in this field of sunflowers of 4 hectares, the first plant maze in the region was raised and the one that so far, is the most extensive we can find in the whole world.No one knows very well why, but people love to "get lost" Between its winding corridors, its corners that lead nowhere, and that path that, for the lucky ones, manage to reach the center, however, this can take you on average for almost an hour.
And there is one thing that is clear, we like labyrinths, perhaps because it is a mental challenge or because humans, we love the situations of "controlled risk" and even more, these scenarios full of beauty and fantasy.However, there is no Minotaur that threatens us, hence every year it receives more than 90,000 visitors.It can be said that this labyrinth is made of corn and sunflowers, a natural wonder that looks only in the good weather, hence during the winter and autumn season there is nothing, being therefore the moment in which the architects and designers, are devising the ways in which the labyrinth of Reignac-sur-Indre, will emerge for the summer.
Every year it changes .So if you visited this maze on occasion, it will never be the same again, and will receive you with a new challenge, with an authentic solar system, maybe , full of planets to cross to reach a central star, or it may follow the most classic lines of the nineteenth century, with a small chapel in the center to give it a more mystical and romantic air.But whatever, the maze of Reignac-sur-Indre will never let you down.
Labyrinths are a very common ornament and game since Renaissance, when beautiful Italian gardens were created where couples were lost while courting, while looking for those dead ends to find themselves in a brief fleeting moment.It was an adventure.However, it should be said that in ancient times, many labyrinths located in Baltic countries, for example, were associated with sun rituals, where there are also many initiation rites .
The French labyrinth of Reignac sur Indre, is still today the largest in the world, and it is said that the most famous and amazing maze they designed was the one in which they paid a tribute to the plane ta Saturn (bottom image).Its layout was so complex that many tourists were lost in its corridors, but the experience was so incredible that it has not yet been forgotten.Each year changes, so it would be without doubt an adventure to visit it on this occasion...Would you like it?
Do you know other similar mazes in your country? Tell us about him! Meanwhile, we invite you to also know another incredible scenario: Bomarzo, the garden of broken hearts.
Image: Semen Makeev
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