The Samara Arboretum ( French ''Arboretum de Samara'') is an

arboretum An arboretum (: arboreta) is a botanical collection composed exclusively of trees and shrubs of a variety of species. Originally mostly created as a section in a larger garden or park for specimens of mostly non-local species, many modern arbor ...

and

botanical garden A botanical garden or botanic gardenThe terms ''botanic'' and ''botanical'' and ''garden'' or ''gardens'' are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word ''botanic'' is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens. is ...

located in the Samara historical park in La Chaussée-Tirancourt,

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. It is open daily in the warmer months; an admission fee is charged. Samara is a regional development project that recreates ancient civilization and habitation based on local

archaeology Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of Artifact (archaeology), artifacts, architecture, biofact (archaeology), biofacts or ecofacts, ...

, from

paleolithic The Paleolithic or Palaeolithic ( years ago) ( ), also called the Old Stone Age (), is a period in human prehistory that is distinguished by the original development of stone tools, and which represents almost the entire period of human prehist ...

Gallo-Roman Gallo-Roman culture was a consequence of the Romanization (cultural), Romanization of Gauls under the rule of the Roman Empire in Roman Gaul. It was characterized by the Gaulish adoption or adaptation of Roman culture, Roman culture, language ...

times, including reconstructions of homes and other buildings set within the area's marshes. The park includes an arboretum (100 varieties of trees), small botanical garden (500 plant varieties), ethnobotanical garden representing

neolithic The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Ancient Greek, Greek 'new' and 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Mesopotamia, Asia, Europe and Africa (c. 10,000 BCE to c. 2,000 BCE). It saw the Neolithic Revo ...

cultivation, and nature trail.

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File:Parc-de-loisirs-de-samara.jpg, Gallic house, Iron Age File:Samara 26-09-2008 15-20-23.JPG, Gallic house, Iron Age File:Maison gauloise.jpg, Gallic house and granaries, c. 300 BC File:La Chaussée-Tirancourt (80), parc Samara, zone des animations et reconstitutions - la ferme gauloise (vers 300 av. J.-C.) 1.jpg, Gallic house, Iron Age File:La Chaussée-Tirancourt (80), parc Samara, zone des animations et reconstitutions - la ferme gauloise (vers 300 av. J.-C.) 3.jpg, Gallic house interior File:La Chaussée-Tirancourt (80), parc Samara, zone des animations et reconstitutions - la ferme gauloise (vers 300 av. J.-C.) 5.jpg, Gallic house interior File:La Chaussée-Tirancourt (80), parc Samara, zone des animations et reconstitutions - la ferme gauloise (vers 300 av. J.-C.) 7.jpg, Gallic house interior File:La Chaussée-Tirancourt (80), parc Samara, zone des animations et reconstitutions - atelier du travail du verre, ferme gauloise (en haut).jpg, Gallic village, Iron Age File:Maison celte samara.jpg, Celtic house, Iron Age File:La Chaussée-Tirancourt (80), parc Samara, pavillon d'exposition - intérieur gaulois 2.jpg, Celtic house interior, Iron Age File:La Chaussée-Tirancourt (80), parc Samara, zone des animations et reconstitutions - atelier du travail du bois 5.jpg, Celtic funerary wagon File:La Chaussée-Tirancourt (80), parc Samara, pavillon d'exposition - intérieur gaulois 3.jpg, Gallic reconstruction File:Gallo-Romeinse cavalerist26-09-2008 16-07-55.JPG, Gallic warrior File:La Chaussée-Tirancourt (80), parc Samara, pavillon d'exposition - l'antiquité, ustensiles de l'agriculteur.jpg, Iron Age agricultural equipment File:La Chaussée-Tirancourt (80), parc Samara, zone des animations et reconstitutions - poterie 1.jpg, Gallic village File:La Chaussée-Tirancourt (80), parc Samara, zone des animations et reconstitutions - maisons de l'âge du Bronze (vers 700 av. J.-C.) 2.jpg, Bronze Age buildings File:La Chaussée-Tirancourt (80), parc Samara, pavillon d'exposition - l'âge du bronze, travail des métaux et vannerie 1.jpg, Bronze Age interior File:La Chaussée-Tirancourt (80), parc Samara, zone des animations et reconstitutions - maison du Néolithique ancien 3.jpg, Neolithic house File:La Chaussée-Tirancourt (80), parc Samara, pavillon d'exposition - l'habit au néolithique.jpg, Neolithic clothing File:La Chaussée-Tirancourt (80), parc Samara, pavillon d'exposition - un métier à tisser au néolithique.jpg, Neolithic loom File:La Chaussée-Tirancourt (80), parc Samara, zone des animations et reconstitutions - maison du Néolithique ancien 10.jpg, Neolithic interior File:La Chaussée-Tirancourt (80), parc Samara, zone des animations et reconstitutions - maison du Néolithique ancien 5.jpg, Neolithic interior File:La Chaussée-Tirancourt (80), parc Samara, zone des animations et reconstitutions - campement du Paléolithique 6.jpg, Paleolithic hut

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Samara

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