VILLE DE PARIS

Parc Montsouris
1875

La création de ce parc au sud de Paris, sous l’impulsion de Napoléon III dans le cadre des grands travaux haussmanniens, fut confiée à l’ingénieur Alphand.
L’empereur voulait doter les points cardinaux de Paris d’espaces verts aussi grands que les parcs londoniens. D’une superficie de 15,4 hectares, celui-ci doit son nom aux nombreux rongeurs qui s’étaient multipliés le long de smoulins de la Bièvre.

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Sign in a series of signs placed by the municipality of Paris describing the history of the city’s gardens.

The garden, which is one of the largest in Paris, is also noted on the sign from the "History of Paris" series Click for sign's details

The garden was photographed on the same day by the same photographer Click for a larger image Click for a larger image

Translation of the text on the sign:
CITY OF PARIS

Montsouris Park
1875

The creation of this park to the south of Paris, under the leadership of Napoleon III as part of the major Haussmann works, was entrusted to the engineer Alphand.
The emperor wanted to provide the cardinal points of Paris with green spaces as large as London’s parks. Covering an area of 15.4 hectares, it owes its name to the numerous rodents which had multiplied along the smoulins of the Bièvre.

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EcoJardin mark