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
TEC4623984: Facade of the Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris, Palais de Tokyo in Paris. Construction 1937, architects: Andre Aubert, Paul Viard, Jean Claude Dondel and Marcel Dastugue. Built for the 1937 World Exposition, it now houses in the east wing the Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris. France, an immense allegory of Antoine Bourdelle, dominates the court in all its verticalite. Built in 1948 by the Free French Association. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4623993: The Palais de Tokyo has Paris from Avenue de New York, Paris 16th. Construction 1937, architects: Andre Aubert, Paul Viard, Jean Claude Dondel and Marcel Dastugue. Built for the 1937 World Exposition, it now houses in the east wing the Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris. France, an immense allegory of Antoine Bourdelle, dominates the court in all its verticalite. Built in 1948 by the Free French Association. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4628041: Entrepots de Bercy, Paris 12th. Louis XIV (1638-1715) built the first wine warehouses in Bercy because Paris was home to one of the largest vineyards in Europe. These warehouses reached their peak in the 19th century, becoming the world's largest wine and spirits trade centre. The activities of the warehouses began to declinate in the 20th century, with the destruction of the fortifications of Thiers (1920-1929), the success of the railway and the evolution of storage techniques. Bercy Village and Bercy Park have settled on this site. The surrounding streets have preserved the memory of the old warehouses: rue de Pommard, rue de Chablis, rue de Macon... / Bridgeman Images