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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
The entire site was formerly the garden of the original
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
The Palais de Chaillot () is a building at the top of the in the Trocadéro area in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, 16th ''arrondissement'' of Paris, France.
For the Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (1937) ...
and to the southeast by the Seine
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and the Pont d'Iéna
Pont d'Iéna ("Jena Bridge") is a bridge spanning the River Seine in Paris. It links the Eiffel Tower on the Left Bank to the district of Trocadéro on the Right Bank.
History
In 1807, by an imperial decree issued in Warsaw, Napoleon I orde ...
, with the Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower ( ; french: links=yes, tour Eiffel ) is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower.
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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 entire site was formerly the garden of the original Palais du Trocadéro
Palais () may refer to:
* Dance hall, popularly a ''palais de danse'', in the 1950s and 1960s in the UK
* ''Palais'', French for palace
**Grand Palais, the Grand Palais des Champs-Elysées
**Petit Palais, an art museum in Paris
* Palais River in t ...
, laid out by Adolphe Alphand
Jean-Charles Adolphe Alphand (; 26 October 1817 – 6 December 1891) was a French engineer of the Corps of Bridges and Roads. As a close associate of Baron Haussmann and later as Director of Public Works at Paris City Hall from 1871, he was inst ...
for the Exposition Universelle (1878)
The third Paris World's Fair, called an Exposition Universelle in French, was held from 1 May to 10 November 1878. It celebrated the recovery of France after the 1870–71 Franco-Prussian War.
Construction
The buildings and the fairgroun ...
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The present garden has an area of 93,930 m2, and was created for the Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (1937)
The ''Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne'' (International Exposition of Art and Technology in Modern Life) was held from 25 May to 25 November 1937 in Paris, France. Both the Palais de Chaillot, housing the Mus ...
. This was the design of Parisian architect Roger-Henri Expert
Roger-Henri Expert (18 April 1882 – 13 April 1955) was a French architect.
Life
The son of a merchant, Expert first studied painting at the École des beaux-arts in Bordeaux, then from 1906 attended the École nationale supérieure des Be ...
.
During the exposition in 1937, the pavillons of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union were facing each other on opposite sides of the Jardins du Trocadéro.
The grounds will host the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics
The 2024 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 2024), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la XXXIIIe Olympiade, links=no) and also known as Paris 2024, is an upcoming international multi-sport event that is s ...
.
Statuary
With sloping fairways that run along the river, the garden terraces feature a number of sculptures, some dating from the 1930s, including: * at the first level below the Palais de Chaillot, the matching stone statues ''L'Homme'' by Pierre Traverse, and ''La Femme'' by Daniel Bacqué, both leaning against stone pedestals * two gilded bronze fountain sculptures in their own square basins, ''Bull and Deer'' by Paul Jouve and ''Horses and Dog'' by Georges Guyot * 21-foot bronze ''Apollo'' with lyre (or ''Apollon musagète'') group by sculptorHenri Bouchard
Henri Bouchard (13 December 1875 – 30 November 1960), was a French sculptor. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
Biography
The son of a carpenter, Bouchard was born in Dijon. He w ...
* a matching 21-foot bronze ''Hercules'' with bull, by Albert Pommier
* two matching stone groups on pedestals towards the southeastern end of the fountain, ''La Joie de vivre'', by Léon-Ernest Drivier and ''Youth'' by Pierre Poisson
Access
Located near the metro station ''Trocadéro
The Trocadéro (), site of the Palais de Chaillot, is an area of Paris, France, in the 16th arrondissement, across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower. It is also the name of the 1878 palace which was demolished in 1937 to make way for the Palais ...
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References
Sources
* this article partially sourced from French Wikipedia, sourced 9/11/2010 {{DEFAULTSORT:Jardins Du Trocadero Fountains in Paris Trocadéro, Jardins du 16th arrondissement of Paris World's fair sites in Paris Buildings and structures in the 16th arrondissement of Paris Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne