List of parks and gardens in Paris

List of parks and gardens in Paris
The Buttes Chaumont Park - Paris Gardens During the Second Empire, Napoleon III decided to provide the North of Paris with a large park which would please the Parisians but above all, would improve the appearance of the district. He therefore asked for the help of Baron Haussmann, then the Prefect of the Seine. He intended to use the Buttes-Chaumont site which was given up to the Ville de Paris in 1863. [More...] The Jardin d’Acclimatation - Paris Gardens The "Jardin d’Acclimatation", like "Parc de Bagatelle", "Jardin Shakespeare" or "Pré-Catelan" is part of "Bois de Boulogne". It is located in the North of the woods and has a 20 hectares area. In 1854, the zoologist Isidore Geoffroy Saint Hilaire founded the "Société Impériale Zoologist d’Acclimatation" (Imperial Zoological Acclimatisation Society). [More...] Bois de Boulogne - Paris Gardens Bois de Boulogne is located in the west of the capital city, in the sixteenth district. Like "Bois de Vincennes" it is sometimes called one of the "lungs" of Paris. It has an impressive area of 850 hectares and among others includes "Jardin des Serres d’Auteuil" (the Greenhouses Garden of Auteuil), "Parc de Bagatelle", "Pré-Catelan", "Hippodrome de Longchamp" as well as "Jardin d’Acclimatation". [More...] The Green Spaces Under The Second Empire - Paris Gardens The Earl of Rambuteau, prefect of the Seine at the beginning of the nineteenth century, created the "Jardin de l’Archevêché" which was the first public park in Paris. It really was something new in the capital city because every Parisian could come here to stroll or to rest on the park benches [More...]

The Buttes Chaumont Park - Paris Gardens

During the Second Empire, Napoleon III decided to provide the North of Paris with a large park which would please the Parisians but above all, would improve the appearance of the district. He therefore asked for the help of Baron Haussmann, then the Prefect of the Seine. He intended to use the Buttes-Chaumont site which was given up to the Ville de Paris in 1863. [More...]

The Jardin d’Acclimatation - Paris Gardens

The "Jardin d’Acclimatation", like "Parc de Bagatelle", "Jardin Shakespeare" or "Pré-Catelan" is part of "Bois de Boulogne". It is located in the North of the woods and has a 20 hectares area. In 1854, the zoologist Isidore Geoffroy Saint Hilaire founded the "Société Impériale Zoologist d’Acclimatation" (Imperial Zoological Acclimatisation Society). [More...]

Bois de Boulogne - Paris Gardens

Bois de Boulogne is located in the west of the capital city, in the sixteenth district. Like "Bois de Vincennes" it is sometimes called one of the "lungs" of Paris. It has an impressive area of 850 hectares and among others includes "Jardin des Serres d’Auteuil" (the Greenhouses Garden of Auteuil), "Parc de Bagatelle", "Pré-Catelan", "Hippodrome de Longchamp" as well as "Jardin d’Acclimatation". [More...]

The Green Spaces Under The Second Empire - Paris Gardens

The Earl of Rambuteau, prefect of the Seine at the beginning of the nineteenth century, created the "Jardin de l’Archevêché" which was the first public park in Paris. It really was something new in the capital city because every Parisian could come here to stroll or to rest on the park benches [More...]