The Bois de Vincennes .281860.E2.80.931865.29 History of parks and gardens of Paris

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the temple of love on lac daumesnil in bois de vincennes (1865)



fountains in bois de vincennes during 1931 colonial exposition


the bois de vincennes royal hunting preserve , site of important royal residence, chateau de vincennes, still existing. after louis xiv moved royal residence versailles, chateau neglected. under louis xv, chateau redesigned, , walking paths created in forest. during french revolution, center of park turned military training ground, firing ranges artillery , muskets. during restoration, louis-philippe took 170 acres of forest , built barracks , military offices.


in 1860 napoleon iii ceded large part of forest city of paris , alphand began turn place relaxation , recreation working-class population of eastern paris. of land in center of park retained military, haussmann obliged buy additional private land around perimeter of park, making bois de vincennes more expensive build; bois de vincennes cost 12 million francs, while bois de boulogne cost 3.46 million francs. covering 995 hectares, larger bois de boulogne, making largest park in city. had done in bois de boulogne, alphand designed , dug twenty-five hectares of lakes, rivers, waterfalls , grottos. city s chief gardener, barillet-deschamps, planted 3 hundred hectares of lawns , 1 hundred forty-eight hectares of flower beds. hydraulic engineer belgrand built water channel marne river, , pumps hoist water thirty-five meters lake in park, served water park , fill lakes, streams , cascades. davioud decorated new park fantasy temples, cafes kiosks , chalets. park completed addition of racetrack, hippodrome de vincennes, in 1863, public firing range pistols, rifles, , archery; , imperial farm, orchards, fields, sheep , cows, urban residents of paris see real farm @ work


the bois de vincennes site of cycling events of 1900 olympics, in forty-thousand seat stadium built event. park site of 2 large colonial expositions, in 1907 , 1931, celebrating peoples , products france s empire. several vestiges of exhibits remain, including old pavilion of french cameroon, converted buddhist temple , institute in 1977. paris zoo built 1931 exposition, , moved in 1934 present location in east of park, next sixty-five meter high man-made mountain, inhabited alpine goats.








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