TEC4613732: Parc des Buttes Chaumont, Paris 19th arrondissement. View of the island with at the highest point a reproduction of the temple known as the Sibyl in Tivoli, architect Gabriel Davioud (1824-1881). On the will of Napoleon III (1808-1873) to provide the laborious classes with green lungs, the park was converted to ancient gypsum quarries, which explains its topography. Adolphe Alphand (1817-1891), grand authorizer of Parisian parks with architect engineer Alfred Darcel (1818-1893) drew up the plan of the park. The landscape artist Pierre Barillet Deschampsæ (1824-1873) planted the park from 1866 onwards. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4613738: Parc des Buttes Chaumont, Paris 19th arrondissement. View of the island with at the highest point a reproduction of the temple known as the Sibyl in Tivoli, architect Gabriel Davioud (1824-1881). On the will of Napoleon III (1808-1873) to provide the laborious classes with green lungs, the park was converted to ancient gypsum quarries, which explains its topography. Adolphe Alphand (1817-1891), grand authorizer of Parisian parks with architect engineer Alfred Darcel (1818-1893) drew up the plan of the park. The landscape artist Pierre Barillet Deschampsæ (1824-1873) planted the park from 1866 onwards. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4613818: The Parc des Buttes Chaumont, Paris 19th arrondissement. On the will of Napoleon III (1808-1873) to offer the laborious classes green lungs, the park was brought to old gypsum quarries, which explains its topography. Adolphe Alphand (1817-1891), grand authorizer of Parisian parks with architect engineer Alfred Darcel (1818-1893) drew up the plan of the park. The landscape artist Pierre Barillet Deschamps (1824-1873) planted the park from 1866. Gabriel Davioud (1824-1881) built the restaurant, the guard house, the brewery and the Sibyl temple. Photography 2005. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4613840: The Parc des Buttes Chaumont, Paris 19th arrondissement. On the will of Napoleon III (1808-1873) to offer the laborious classes green lungs, the park was brought to old gypsum quarries, which explains its topography. Adolphe Alphand (1817-1891), grand authorizer of Parisian parks with architect engineer Alfred Darcel (1818-1893) drew up the plan of the park. The landscape artist Pierre Barillet Deschamps (1824-1873) planted the park from 1866. Gabriel Davioud (1824-1881) built the restaurant, the guard house, the brewery and the Sibyl temple. Photography 2005. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4613955: Le Parc de la Villette (1983-1985), 211 avenue Jean Jaures, Paris 19th arrondissement. Before becoming an exhibition venue, the Grande Halle de la Villette was a walk to the oxen of the Villette slaughterhouses. This hall was built in 1867 by Jules de Merindol (1815-1888). From the slaughterhouses of the Villette, closed on March 15, 1974, only this large hall remains. / Bridgeman Images