The Municipal Park (french: parc de la Ville) is a public

urban park An urban park or metropolitan park, also known as a municipal park (North America) or a public park, public open space, or municipal gardens ( UK), is a park in cities and other incorporated places that offer recreation and green space to resi ...

Luxembourg City Luxembourg ( lb, Lëtzebuerg; french: Luxembourg; german: Luxemburg), also known as Luxembourg City ( lb, Stad Lëtzebuerg, link=no or ; french: Ville de Luxembourg, link=no; german: Stadt Luxemburg, link=no or ), is the capital city of the Lu ...

, in southern

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. The eastern edge flanks the '' boulevard du Prince Henri'' and, along with the valleys of the

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and

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, forms a boundary that separates the central

Ville Haute Ville Haute ( lb, Uewerstad, german: Oberstadt) is a quarter in central Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It is the historic center of Luxembourg City and is involved in its UNESCO World Heritage Site status. , Ville Haute has a population ...

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from the rest of the city. This green arc is segmented into separate sections by the ''avenue Monterey'', the ''avenue Émile Reuter'', and the ''avenue de la Porte-Neuve''. The area bordered by these roads is approximately . The southernmost section of the park is called ''Edith Klein Park'' (Parc Ed. Klein). The park was created after the demolition of the fortress under the 1867 Treaty of London. The park is the location of the

Villa Louvigny Villa Louvigny is a building in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg, that served as the headquarters of Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion, the forerunner of RTL Group. It is located in Municipal Park, in the Ville Haute quarter ...

, in the southernmost section, and the

Villa Vauban The Villa Vauban is an art museum in Luxembourg City. It exhibits 18th- and 19th-century paintings acquired from private collections. Background Built in 1873 as a private residence, the villa owes its name to a fort built on the same site by Sé ...

, across the ''avenue Émile Reuter''. The

was the seat of the

Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion RTL Group (for "Radio Television Luxembourg") is a Luxembourg-based international media conglomerate, with another corporate centre in Cologne, Germany. The company operates 68 television channels and 31 radio stations in Germany, France a ...

, the forerunner of

RTL Group RTL Group (for "Radio Television Luxembourg") is a Luxembourg-based international media conglomerate, with another corporate centre in Cologne, Germany. The company operates 68 television channels and 31 radio stations in Germany, France and ...

, and hosted the

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in 1962 and 1966. The

was the original seat of the

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, and is now an

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. During the excavation for the construction of the underground Monterey car park, the remains of the fort was uncovered. Named the Lambert Redoubt, the pentagonal fortress can now be seen just south of ''avenue Monterey''. The Lambert Fortress was originally built in 1685, renovated in 1835–6, and razed between 1868 and 1874.

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