Parc des Buttes-Chaumont .281864.E2.80.931867.29 History of parks and gardens of Paris

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the site of parc des buttes-chaumont in 1852



the lawns of parc des buttes-chaumont on sunny day


the parc des buttes-chaumont, twenty-seven hectares in size in north of city, unpromising site garden; soil poor, , land bare of vegetation; original name chauvre-mont or bald hill. in medieval times, close site of gibbet, corpses of excited criminals displayed. 1789 served sewage dump, , of site had been used stone quarry


alphand began build in 1864. 2 years , 1 thousand workers required terrace site , bring in 2 hundred thousand square meters of topsoil. small railroad line built carry earth. gunpowder used blast rock, , sculpt 50-meter-high central promontory. 2 hectare lake dug @ foot of promontory. alphand laid out 5 kilometers of paths , roads, , belgrand installed pumps , pipes hoist water ourq canal supply cascades , lake , water new gardens. davioud designed grotto, using tunnels of old stone quarry; circular temple, based on temple of vesta, tivoli, crown promontory, 4 bridges span lake. park opened in april 1, 1867, opening day of paris universal exposition.


an urban legend says bodies of communards killing during suppression of 1871 paris commune entombed inside old stone quarries in promentory. in fact 754 bodies placed there briefly short time after fighting ended, buried in city cemeteries afterwards.








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