LE ZELKOVA DE MOUSSOULENS

Nicknamed the ‘Hundred-Year-Old Tree’, this 30-metre-high tree with its many branched trunks is hard to miss. It stands below the village on the banks of the river Rougeanne. The Zelkova de Moussoulens is a remarkable tree. History (or legend?) has it that the seed was brought back by one of Napoleon's soldiers following the campaign in Russia. The Zelkova or Siberian elm is a very tall tree with a branched trunk and a very dense crown.