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Cimetière du Père Lachaise - Places to Visit in Paris

Although the idea of visiting a place with many graves at first do not exactly interesting, the fact is there are cemeteries around the world that have become tourists’ favorite attraction. One of them is Cimetière du Père Lachaise. Père Lachaise Cemetery or Cimetière du Père Lachaise is the largest cemetery in Paris at 44 hectares. It is located in 20th arrondissement and with hundreds of thousands visitors every year, the cemetery is recorded as the most visited cemetery in the world.

Cimetière du Père Lachaise: History

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Jardin du Luxembourg - Paris Garden

Literally translated as The Garden of Luxembourg, Jardin du Luxembourg is the second largest public park in Paris located on 224,500 m² of land, just right in front of Luxembourg Palace, the place which houses the French senate.

Jardin du Luxembourg: The History

Jardin du Luxembourg is the first French garden which is influenced by Italian Baroque. The reason is simple. This garden was build to complement the Palace which was built by the order of Marie de Medicis, King Henry IV’s widow, who wanted to have an imitation of Pitti Palace of her hometown, Florence. The palace was built on the top of Luxembourg Hotel after she purchased it in 1911. The construction of the palace and the fountain was commissioned to Salomon de Brosse.

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Bois de Boulogne

Bois de Boulogne is one of the parks situated in Paris. The park is an enormous one, located in the 16th arrondissement of western Paris near Boulogne-Billancourt and Neuilly-sur-Seine area. The park covers 8.459 square kilometers area which means it is two and a half times larger than the famous Central Park in New York.

History of Bois de Boulogne

Back in the eighth century, the area where Bois de Boulogne stands today was an ancient oak forest. It was first mentioned in the charter of Compiègne dated in 717 where it was stated that the land was given to the Abbey of Saint-Denis by Childeric. The abbey then built several monasteries on the land before Philip Augustus bought back the land to create a royal hunting reserve.

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