Parc des Buttes-Chaumont

park, Paris, France

Also known as: Buttes-Chaumont Park

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The Parc des Buttes-Chaumont is a large public park located in Paris, France, specifically in the 19th arrondissement. It was created between 1864 and 1867 under the direction of city planner Baron Haussmann.1

The park was developed on a site that was previously a bare hill, partially hollowed out by abandoned tunnel quarries and filled with refuse. It was transformed into a romantic landscape featuring a lake, a waterfall, a grotto, winding woodland paths, and picturesque bridges. The Buttes-Chaumont area, along with Montmartre, historically comprised working-class neighborhoods that have attracted immigrant populations.1

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…east of Montmartre is the Buttes-Chaumont Park, which was created under the city planner Baron Haussmann in 1864–67. A bare hill, half hollowed out by abandoned tunnel quarries and filled with the refuse of generations, was turned into a romantic landscape with a lake, a waterfall, a grotto, winding woodland…
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…east of Montmartre is the Buttes-Chaumont Park, which was created under the city planner Baron Haussmann in 1864–67. A bare hill, half hollowed out by abandoned tunnel quarries and filled with the refuse of generations, was turned into a romantic landscape with a lake, a waterfall, a grotto, winding woodland…
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