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Park Monceau |
Park Monceau (Parc Monceau), located in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, at the intersection of Boulevard de Courcelles, Rue de Prony and Rue Georges Berger, is one of the most beautiful parks in Paris and a perfect place for anyone who wants to escape the hustle and bustle of the city life. It cove... |
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Parc de Bercy |
The Parc de Bercy is located in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, on the former site of the wine storerooms that in the 19th century was the largest centre of wine trade in the world. However, with the improvement in the wine storage technology and the beginning of bottling of wine at the place of p... |
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The Trevi Fountain |
The Trevi Fountain (Fontana di Trevi) is the most famous fountain in Rome. It replaced the fountain designed by Leon Battiste Alberti. The fountain we can admire nowadays was designed by Niccolo Salvi who got commissioned for this project even though great Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini also proposed his ... |
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Parc des Buttes Chaumont |
The Parc des Buttes Chaumont is a public park located on a rocky hill, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, at the Rue Botzaris. The name of the park is a combination of two words: "buttes", which translates as "hills", and "chaumont", which is believed to be a contraction of the words "chauve" (bal... |
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Park Bagatelle |
Park Bagatelle (Parc de Bagatelle) is an Anglo-Chinese park located in western Paris. It was constructed in 1775 by François-Joseph Bélanger and during the XIX century the design was modified by Jean Claude Nicolas Forestier, a French landscape architect, who designed most of Paris' famous parks and... |
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Palais Royal |
The Palais Royal (Royal Palace) is a palace with a garden located in the 1st arrondissement of Paris. It was constructed in 1629 by the French architect Jacques Lemercier in charge of Cardinal Richelieu and initially was known as the Palais Cardinal. However, when King Louis XIII moved here, it was ... |
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Promenade Plantée |
The Promenade Plantée, also known as the Coulée verte is an alley built in 1994 on a former 19th century railway viaduct of the Bastille Railway Line connecting Paris with Strasbourg called the Viaduc de la Bastille. The railroad was located in the 12th arrodissement of Paris and was several kilomet... |
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Jardin des Plantes |
The Jardin des Plantes, located on the left bank of the river Seine in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, is the most important botanical garden in France. It covers an area of 28 hectares and belongs to the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. The garden contains four galleries of the museum: the Gr... |
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Jardin d'Acclimatation |
The Jardin d'Acclimatation is a 20-hectare large amusement park for children located in the northern part of the Bois de Boulogne park, which stretches along the western edge of the 16th arrondissement of Paris. It was designed by Davioud and Barillet Deschamps and inaugurated as a zoological park o... |
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Campo de' Fiori |
Campo de' Fiori (The Field of Flowers) is a square located near Piazza Navona in Rome. The name comes from a meadow which was situated in that place during the Middle ages, even though it had already been a market. Some try to connect the name with a mistress of Pompeius because he has founded a fam... |
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