{"id":2419,"date":"2025-04-16T06:48:38","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T06:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parastatal1.govmu.org\/ssrbg\/?page_id=2419"},"modified":"2025-04-16T07:29:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T07:29:06","slug":"avenue-mon-plaisir","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ssrbg.govmu.org\/ssrbg\/?page_id=2419","title":{"rendered":"Avenue Mon Plaisir"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2419\" class=\"elementor elementor-2419\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abf7118 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"abf7118\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-388a657 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"388a657\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2d218a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c2d218a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Mon Plaisir<\/em> is the name given to the estate created by Mah\u00e9 de Labourdonnais when he was appointed as the French Governor of <em>Isle de France<\/em> in 1735. A year later, he created a vegetable garden intended to supply vegetables to his household, to the town of Port Louis, and to passing troops calling at the colony.\u00a0<\/p><p>Labourdonnais created an Experimental Garden using mainly food plants. The garden was also used as a nursery for the planting and acclimatization of plants of botanical and economic importance sourced from diverse parts of the world. A major introduction was the Cassava (manioc) which was brought from Brazil to provide food for the population.<\/p><p>However, Labourdonnais abandoned <em>Mon Plaisir<\/em> when his wife passed away.<\/p><p>In 1739, the French East India Company took possession of <em>Mon Plaisir<\/em> and shortly afterwards, almost the entire estate was planted with mulberry trees in the hope of establishing a silkworm industry.\u00a0<\/p><p>From 1746 until 1753, <em>Mon Plaisir<\/em> was virtually abandoned until the arrival of a horticulturist; Jean Baptiste Christopher Fus\u00e9e-Aublet, sent to Mauritius to establish a drug house and to create a botanical garden. Fus\u00e9e-Aublet lived first at <em>Mon Plaisir<\/em> but was unhappy there and transferred all his plant collections to Le R\u00e9duit, the home of the Governor.<\/p><p>When the Royal Government took over control of the island in 1767, the Intendant of <em>Isle de France<\/em>; Pierre Poivre, occupied <em>Mon Plaisir<\/em> in his official capacity. In 1770, Pierre Poivre purchased <em>Mon Plaisir<\/em> with the intention of starting a Botanical Garden. He was the creator of the present Garden, since in addition to a nursery for the acclimatization of the precious nutmeg and clove plants, he also collected numerous plants from other regions and as many indigenous plant species as he could.<\/p><p>From its modest origin as a vegetable garden <em>Mon Plaisir<\/em> was transformed into the oldest Botanical Garden in the Southern Hemisphere under the leadership of many personalities.<\/p><p>When the British took over the island in 1810, the <em>Chateau Mon Plaisir<\/em> as it is today, was rebuilt completely in 1823 to be the residence of the Director of the Garden.<\/p><p>But various other people resided in the house. Among them is Adrien d&#8217;Epinay who acquired it in 1836.<\/p><p>The building also served as a place of isolation during the cholera epidemic in 1889.<\/p><p>This building is classified as National Heritage in 1951.<\/p><p>In 2024, a major rehabilitation project is under way. The Chateau is expected to house an interactive museum, a conference centre and visitor\u2019s centre, amongst other objectives.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mon Plaisir is the name given to the estate created by Mah\u00e9 de Labourdonnais when he was appointed as the French Governor of Isle de France in 1735. 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