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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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 .