Tilloy-lès-Conty (, literally Tilloy near Conty) is a former commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Ô-de-Selle.Arrêté préfectoral 7 December 2018
Geography The commune is situated south southwest of Amiens, on the D8e road
Places of interest The seventeenth century church of Notre-Dame
Château de Tilloy-lès-Conty This is the ancient fief of the seigneurs of the Croy family, restored as a country house at the end of the 17th century.Le château (façades et toitures), le hall d' entrée, ses deux paliers et escaliers, ainsi que son parc sont classés en totalité (cad. AD 10, 50 à 52, 72) : inscription par arrêté du 19 juillet 2004. It consists of a garden and a 9-hectare park, with a little English garden filled with 165 varieties of roses.
The gardens of the Pic-Vert A 6000-square-metre garden built by Michel Driencourt around a large 19th-century Picardie farm, in four sections: A shady garden with old Japanese cherry trees An inner courtyard An old orchard and vegetable garden A conservatory of ancient varieties 2500 varieties of shrubs and perennials are on show with collections of delphinium, iris, poppies, magnolia, hydrangea and Japanese maples.
See also Communes of the Somme department
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