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List Of Parks And Gardens In Paris
Paris, France today has more than 421 municipal parks and gardens, covering more than three thousand hectares and containing more than 250,000 trees.Jarrassé, Dominique, ''Grammaire des Jardins Parisiens'' (2007), Parigramme, () The following is a partial list of public parks and gardens in the city. Woodlands File:Bois de Boulogne.jpeg, The Bois de Boulogne (16th arrondissement) File:Bois de Vincennes 20060816 16.jpg, Bois de Vincennes (12th arrondissement) * Bois de Boulogne * Bois de Vincennes Parks File:Parc-André-Citroën-Vue-Ensemble-Esplanade.jpg, Parc André Citroën (15th arrondissement) File:Paris Bagatelle 01.jpg, The Parc de Bagatelle (16th arrondissement) File:P1010851 Paris XX Parc de Belleville reductwk.JPG, The Parc de Belleville (20th arrondissement) File:Parc_Bercy.JPG, The Parc de Bercy (12th arrondissement) File:Paris parc georges brassens5.jpg, Parc Georges-Brassens (15th arrondissement) File:Buffet deau.jpg, The Parc de la Butte-du-Chapeau-Rouge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Green Spaces In Paris, 2012
Green is the color between cyan and yellow on the visible spectrum. It is evoked by light which has a dominant wavelength of roughly 495570 nm. In subtractive color systems, used in painting and color printing, it is created by a combination of yellow and cyan; in the RGB color model, used on television and computer screens, it is one of the additive primary colors, along with red and blue, which are mixed in different combinations to create all other colors. By far the largest contributor to green in nature is chlorophyll, the chemical by which plants photosynthesize and convert sunlight into chemical energy. Many creatures have adapted to their green environments by taking on a green hue themselves as camouflage. Several minerals have a green color, including the emerald, which is colored green by its chromium content. During post-classical and early modern Europe, green was the color commonly associated with wealth, merchants, bankers, and the gentry, while red was r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parc Montsouris
Parc Montsouris is a public park situated in southern Paris, France. Located in the 14th arrondissement, it was officially inaugurated in 1875 after an early opening in 1869. Parc Montsouris is one of the four large urban public parks, along with the Bois de Boulogne, the Bois de Vincennes and the Parc des Buttes Chaumont, created by Emperor Napoleon III and his prefect of the Seine, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, at each of the cardinal points of the compass around the city, in order to provide green space and recreation for the rapidly growing population of Paris. The park is 15.5 hectares in area, designed as an English landscape garden by Jean-Charles Adolphe Alphand.Paris portal: Principaux parcs: Parc Montsouris The park contains a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jardin Catherine-Labouré
The ''Jardin Catherine-Labouré'' is a park of about 7,000 square metres in Paris's Seventh Arrondissement, on Rue Babylone. This garden with grapevines and ornamental berries was the potager The traditional kitchen garden, vegetable garden, also known as a potager (from the French ) or in Scotland a kailyaird, is a space separate from the rest of the residential garden – the ornamental plants and lawn areas. It is used for grow ... of the convent of the Daughters of Charity since 1633 and has been open to the public since 1977. There is a community garden along with an arbor-covered pathway. References External links The New York Times, 29 June 2008. Paris.7.evous. 7th arrondissement of Paris Catherine-Laboure, Jardin {{Paris-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jardin Pré Catelan
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Jardin may refer to: Places *Jardin, Isère, a village in Isère, France *Le Jardin, a village in Corrèze, France * Jardin, Colombia, a town in Antioquia Family name *Alexandre Jardin (born 1965), French writer and film director *Frédéric Jardin (born 1968), French film director *Nicolas-Henri Jardin (1720–1799), French architect, introduced neoclassicism to Danish architecture *Pascal Jardin (1934–1980), French screenwriter *Véronique Jardin (born 1966), French Olympic swimmer See also *Dujardin *Jardine Jardine is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Al Jardine (born 1942), member of the Beach Boys * Alexander Jardine (Medal of Honor) (1874–1949), American Medal of Honor recipient * Antonio Jardine (born 1988), NCAA college bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jardin D'Acclimatation
The Jardin d'Acclimatation () is a children's amusement park located in the northern part of the Bois de Boulogne in Paris, alongside other attractions. History Opened on 6 October 1860 by Napoleon III of France, Napoléon III and Eugénie de Montijo, Empress Eugénie, this Paris zoo was originally known as ''Jardin Zoologique d'Acclimatation'', where plants and animals from the colonies could acclimatise to France's weather conditions. It was directed by Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, son of the naturalist Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, until his death in 1861. During the Siege of Paris (1870-1871), Siege of Paris (1870–1871), many of the animals in the zoo were cooked and served by chef Alexandre Étienne Choron due to wartime deprivation. From 1877 until 1912, the Jardin Zoologique d'Acclimatation was converted to ''l'Acclimatation Anthropologique''. In mid-colonialism, the curiosity of Parisians was attracted to the customs and lifestyles of foreign peoples. Nubian p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuileries Gardens
The Tuileries Garden (french: Jardin des Tuileries, ) is a public garden located between the Louvre and the Place de la Concorde in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France. Created by Catherine de' Medici as the garden of the Tuileries Palace in 1564, it was eventually opened to the public in 1667 and became a public park after the French Revolution. Since the 19th century, it has been a place where Parisians celebrate, meet, stroll and relax. History The Italian Garden of Catherine de' Medici (16th century) File:Tuileries projet et jardins.jpg, Plan for the palace and gardens by Jacques I Androuet du Cerceau, 1576–1579 File:Map of Tuileries and Louvre, as in c. 1589.png, Plan of the Tuileries garden in about 1589. The Louvre is to the right In July 1559, after the accidental death of her husband, Henry II, Queen Catherine de' Medici decided to leave her residence of the Hôtel des Tournelles, at the eastern part of Paris, near the Bastille. Together with her son, the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jardins Du Trocadéro
Jardins du Trocadéro (Gardens of the Trocadero) is an open space in Paris, located in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, bounded to the northwest by the wings of the Palais de Chaillot and to the southeast by the Seine and the Pont d'Iéna, with the Eiffel Tower on the opposite bank of the Seine. The main feature, called the Fountain of Warsaw, is a long basin, or water mirror, with twelve fountain creating columns of water 12 metres high; twenty four smaller fountains four metres high; and ten arches of water. At one end, facing the Seine, are twenty powerful water cannons, able to project a jet of water fifty metres. Above the long basin are two smaller basins, linked with the lower basin by cascades flanked by 32 sprays of water four meters high. These fountains are the only exposition fountains which still exist today, and still function as they once did. In 2011, the fountain's waterworks were completely renovated and a modern pumping system was installed. History The e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jardin Des Serres D'Auteuil
The Jardin des Serres d'Auteuil () is a botanical garden set within a major greenhouse complex located at the southern edge of the Bois de Boulogne in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, 16th arrondissement, with entry at 1 avenue Gordon-Bennett, Paris, France. The site first served as a botanical garden in 1761 under Louis XV of France, Louis XV. Today's greenhouses were designed and constructed in 1895-1898 by architect Jean-Camille Formigé (1845-1926). In 1998 they became part of the Jardin botanique de la Ville de Paris. Today the greenhouses produce about 100,000 plants per year for the interior decoration of municipal buildings. Exhibition greenhouses contain palm trees, succulents, and tropical collections, with substantial representation of Araceae, Begoniaceae, Bromeliaceae, ''Codiaeum'', ''Peperomia'', ''Philodendron'', ''Rhipsalis'', ''Rhododendron'', Streptocarpus sect. Saintpaulia, ''Streptocarpus'' sect. ''Saintpaulia'', and Zingiberaceae. See also * List of bot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palais Royal
The Palais-Royal () is a former royal palace located in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France. The screened entrance court faces the Place du Palais-Royal, opposite the Louvre. Originally called the Palais-Cardinal, it was built for Cardinal Richelieu from about 1633 to 1639 by the architect Jacques Lemercier. Richelieu bequeathed it to Louis XIII, and Louis XIV gave it to his younger brother, the Duke of Orléans. As the succeeding dukes of Orléans made such extensive alterations over the years, almost nothing remains of Lemercier's original design. The Palais-Royal now serves as the seat of the Ministry of Culture, the Conseil d'État and the Constitutional Council. The central Palais-Royal Garden (Jardin du Palais-Royal) serves as a public park, and the arcade houses shops. History Palais-Cardinal Originally called the Palais-Cardinal, the palace was the personal residence of Cardinal Richelieu. The architect Jacques Lemercier began his design in 1629; construction comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jardin Du Luxembourg
The Jardin du Luxembourg (), known in English as the Luxembourg Garden, colloquially referred to as the Jardin du Sénat (Senate Garden), is located in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France. Creation of the garden began in 1612 when Marie de' Medici, the widow of King Henry IV, constructed the Luxembourg Palace as her new residence. The garden today is owned by the French Senate, which meets in the Palace. It covers 23 hectares (56.8 acres) and is known for its lawns, tree-lined promenades, tennis courts, flowerbeds, model sailboats on its octagonal Grand Bassin, as well as picturesque Medici Fountain, built in 1620. The name Luxembourg comes from the Latin Mons Lucotitius, the name of the hill where the garden is located. History In 1611, Marie de' Medici, the widow of Henry IV and the regent for the King Louis XIII, decided to build a palace in imitation of the Pitti Palace in her native Florence. She purchased the Hôtel du Luxembourg (today the Petit Luxembourg) and began ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jardin Des Champs-Élysées
Jardin may refer to: Places *Jardin, Isère, a village in Isère, France *Le Jardin, a village in Corrèze, France *Jardin, Colombia, a town in Antioquia Family name *Alexandre Jardin (born 1965), French writer and film director *Frédéric Jardin (born 1968), French film director *Nicolas-Henri Jardin (1720–1799), French architect, introduced neoclassicism to Danish architecture *Pascal Jardin (1934–1980), French screenwriter *Véronique Jardin (born 1966), French Olympic swimmer See also *Dujardin *Jardine {{disambiguation, geo, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jardin Du Bassin De L'Arsenal
The Jardin du Bassin de l'Arsenal is a public park in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, located on the east bank of the Canal Saint-Martin between the Place de la Bastille and the Seine. It was created in 1983. The access to the park is from boulevard de la Bastille. The nearest metro station is Bastille. History The Arsenal was established by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1806, between the Place de la Bastille and the Seine. The Canal Saint-Martin was not finished until 1825. It was 4,5 kilometers long, and linked the Seine with the basin of La Vilette. In the 1970s a proposal was put forward by the Paris municipal council to cover the canal completely with a four-lane highway. The project was rejected after public protests. The section of canal between Place de la Bastille and the Seine became instead a harbor for private yachts and excursion boats. In 1983 the city decided to develop the edge of the canal into a garden a promenade. The designers of the park were architect Phil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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