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La Villette (park)

The park La Villette ( Villette ) ( Fr. parc de La Villette ) in the XIX arrondissement of Paris is the largest park of the French capital [1] (55 hectares, of which 35 hectares of green space).

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La Villette

The architectural construction of the park was carried out in 1982 by Bernard Chumi . The feature of the park is in the perspective from north to south. A walk through the park leads through thematic gardens, which also serve as playgrounds and theater venues.

Red pavilions are scattered here and there - “ folies ” ( folie - mansion, country house ) [2] . The park crosses the Urk Canal . The northern and southern parts of the park are connected by two pedestrian bridges across the canal, as well as a walking gallery crossing the entire park with a wavy roof.

The diverse cultural program offers numerous entertainment throughout the year: exhibitions, theatrical performances, concerts, a circus, evening cinema in the summer in the open air ...

Willet Park has:

Urk Canal, in the distance - the former mills of Paris, on the right you can see the gray roof of the concert hall Zenith
Grand Al in the southern part of the park La Vilette
  • The town of science and industry (Paris) , solemnly opened on March 13, 1986 (the night of the passage of Halley's comet ), with a museum and a media library;
  • Jeod Cinema;
  • Muzykograd (Paris) ;
  • Paris National Conservatory of Music and Dance ;
  • Pavilion Paul Delouvrier;
  • concert hall of inflatable structures Zenith (Paris) ;
  • Grand Al with bookstore;
  • themed gardens:
    • bamboo garden
    • garden of children's fears
    • vine garden
    • garden of balance
    • garden with islands
    • garden with mirrors
    • garden with dunes
    • equilibristic garden
    • garden with a dragon .
  • attraction synacs;
  • submarine "Argonaut" ;
  • Hall "Cabaret sovazh" (Le Cabaret sauvage)
  • theater "Paris-Villet";
  • Tarmak;
  • Villette House;
  • equestrian center;
  • tent;
  • music kiosk;
  • children's carousel;
  • Equestrian center;
  • International Theater of French;
  • Paris-Villette Theater

From Willet Park to Buttes Chomon Park, there is the Darius Millau Alley, and on a river boat you can swim to Stalingrad Square, and further through the locks and along the Saint-Martin Canal to the Place de la Bastille and the Seine .

See also

  • XIX arrondissement of Paris
  • Park Buttes Chaumont
  • Canal saint martin

Notes

  1. ↑ The largest green area in Paris is the Pere Lachaise cemetery .
  2. ↑ So in the 18th century, a house in the near suburbs was called, surrounded by a garden and used for entertainment and amusement, corresponds to Russian “ amusing houses ”.

Links

  •   Wikimedia Commons has media on La Villette (Park)
  • The official website of the park (fr.)
Source - https://ru.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=L-Villet_(park )&oldid = 93998868


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