Places to see in ( Paris - France ) Bois de Boulogne
Places to see in ( Paris - France ) Bois de Boulogne
The Bois de Boulogne is a large public park located along the western edge of the 16th arrondissement of Paris, near the suburb of Boulogne-Billancourt and Neuilly-sur-Seine. It was created between 1852 and 1858 during the reign of the Emperor Napoleon III. It is the second-largest park in Paris, slightly smaller than the Bois de Vincennes on the eastern side of the city. It covers an area of 845 hectares (2088 acres), which is about two and a half times the area of Central Park in New York and slightly less (88%) than that of Richmond Park in London.
Within the boundaries of the Bois de Boulogne are an English landscape garden with several lakes and a cascade; two smaller botanical and landscape gardens, the Château de Bagatelle and the Pré-Catelan; a zoo and amusement park in the Jardin d'Acclimatation; GoodPlanet Foundation's Domaine de Longchamp dedicated to ecology and humanism, The Jardin des Serres d'Auteuil, a complex of greenhouses holding a hundred thousand plants; two tracks for horse racing, the Hippodrome de Longchamp and the Auteuil Hippodrome; a tennis stadium where the French Open tennis tournament is held each year; and other attractions.
The Bois de Boulogne is a remnant of the ancient oak forest of Rouvray, which included the present-day forests of Montmorency, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Chaville, and Meudon. Dagobert, the King of the Franks (629-639), hunted bears, deer, and other game in the forest. His grandson, Childeric II, gave the forest to the monks of the Abbey of Saint-Denis, who founded several monastic communities there. Philip Augustus (1180–1223) bought back the main part of the forest from the monks to create a royal hunting reserve. In 1256, Isabelle de France, sister of Saint-Louis, founded the Abbey of Longchamp at the site of the present hippodrome.
The Bois received its present name from a chapel, Notre Dame de Boulogne la Petite, which was built in the forest at the command of Philip IV of France (1268–1314). In 1308, Philip made a pilgrimage to Boulogne-sur-Mer, on the French coast, to see a statue of the Virgin Mary which was reputed to inspire miracles. He decided to build a church with a copy of the statue in a village in the forest not far from Paris, in order to attract pilgrims. The chapel was built after Philip's death between 1319 and 1330, in what is now Boulogne-Billancourt.
The Bois de Boulogne was the idea of Napoleon III, shortly after he staged a coup d'état and elevated himself from the President of the French Republic to Emperor of the French in 1852. When Napoleon III became Emperor, Paris had only four public parks - the Tuileries Gardens, the Luxembourg Garden, the Palais Royale, and the Jardin des Plantes - all in the center of the city. There were no public parks in the rapidly growing east and west of the city. During his exile in London, he had been particularly impressed by Hyde Park, by its lakes and streams and its popularity with Londoners of all social classes. Therefore, he decided to build two large public parks on the eastern and western edges of the city where both the rich and ordinary people could enjoy themselves.
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Hidden Place de Furstenberg (Paris, France)
This is a private courtyard at 6, rue de Furstenberg in the sixth arrondissement of Paris. (METROS: SAINT-GERMAIN-DES-PRES, MABILLON)
Place de Furstenberg is the smallest place in Paris and is very pretty.
On most days except Mondays and Tuesdays, you can enter the courtyard here and visit the Musée National Eugène Delacroix, which charges admission, but if you go on the first Sunday of the month as I did, entrance is free. This was his last residence and workshop, and he died here in 1863. He lived in several places in Paris but was here because his health had been poor most of his life, and he needed to be closer to Saint-Eustache, where he was working on a chapel.
It's been a genuine struggle over the decades to keep this place preserved, and around 1929, a parking garage was planned here. Friends of Delacroix, and artists such as Denis and Signac tried their best to keep the place rented and as intact as possible, although it was a losing battle and most of the artwork, furnishings, books and other things were sold over the years out of necessity. Some were re-acquired, however, and you can see them here.
There is a small garden in the back here which is included in the admission, and also a bookstore/shop. Works by other artists such as Colin, Huet, Riesener, Gericault etc. are also inside. I had often passed this place and not visited. Not until 2004 did the museum become part of the Louvre. Art and history buffs will enjoy this place, I think, but I found it also of interest for its architectural aspects.
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Paris Skyline
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Paris Hop on Hop off - Ride on the Siene
If you are insane if your are in seine; you better watch out.
The hop on hop off boat rides onLa Seine a quick and easy way around the important tourist attractions in Paris.
The Rodin Museum Gardens. Musee Rodin - Paris, France.
The gardens at the Musee Rodin in Paris, France are some of my favorite in the world. These beautiful gardens feature some of the best artwork in Paris, France, the sculptures of Auguste Rodin.
You can find this Museum in Paris, France at
Musée Rodin - 79, rue de Varenne - 75007 Paris
Phone : +33 (0)1 44 18 61 10
Fax : +33 (0)1 44 18 61 30
Métro (line 13) : Varenne or Invalides
R.E.R (line C) : Invalides
Bus : 69, 82, 87, 92
Parking : Bd des Invalides
The following text comes from the Rodin Museum's website.
The Rodin Museum possesses about six thousand and six hundred sculptures. These works, in terracotta, plaster, bronze, marble, wax, molten glass, stoneware, etc, are shared between the Hôtel Biron in Paris, and the Villa des Brillants in Meudon. When the Museum was first established, it was decided to exhibit the finished marble and bronze sculptures in Paris, while the plasters would remain in Meudon as a testimony to the genesis of Rodin's works. The situation has not changed much since then. In Meudon, visitors can delve into the mysteries of artistic creation while at the Hôtel Biron they can admire the major works of the sculptor, skilfully arranged in the Museum rooms and the garden in a complementary game of reflections. The 1916 donation of marble and bronze sculptures has been enriched by gifts, acquisitions, casts made by the Museum (The Gates of Hell, Ugolino, etc) and finally deposits of works which belonged to the State and were placed in the Rodin Museum in 1919 or later. These include the two most famous works of the Museum, The Kiss and The Thinker. Porte de L'enfer, Ugolin, le Baiser, Le Penseur.
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Le musée Rodin est situé juste à côté des Invalides dans le 7ème arrondissement de Paris, à 15 minutes à pied de la tour Eiffel. Ce musée Rodin abrite des collections permanentes ainsi que des expositions temporaires. Il assure notamment depuis 1919 la conservation et la diffusion de l'œuvre d'Auguste Rodin (1840-1917). Ses réserves incluent 6 600 sculptures, 8 000 dessins, 8 000 photographies anciennes et 7 000 objets d'art. Il reçoit près de 700 000 visiteurs par an. C'est l'un des plus importants musées en France. Dans le jardin de l'hôtel Biron, on découvre le Penseur, les Bourgeois de Calais, Balzac et la Porte de l'Enfer, etc. Le musée Rodin comporte aussi une annexe dite villa des Brillants et située à Meudon (Hauts-de-Seine).
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