The Garden House is open during November-February from 1:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m. on Tuesday-Saturday and c

Between 1840-1845, apartment rentals london ontario the fortifications of Thiers, or the enclosure of Thiers, was built. This wall, named for the Prime Minister Adolphe Thiers under Louis Philippe, had a periphery of 33 kilometers and included 94 bastions, 17 gates, 8 railroad passages and 5 river passages. In 1859, the fortifications of Thiers was the official limit of Paris. It was the last enclosing apartment rentals london ontario wall built around apartment rentals london ontario the city. It was dismantled between 1919-1929.
During the 19th century, the wine trade was flourishing. The area of Bercy came to be a huge wine depot for three main reasons: location, location, and the absence of taxes in the area, due to its location. At that time, Bercy was in close proximity to Paris but not within city limits and therefore not required apartment rentals london ontario to pay city taxes.
Situated on the right bank of the Seine river, Bercy was connected to the wine region of Burgundy via the river. The Bercy area also had a train station, now dismantled, which served as a direct line to the wine country.
With improved technology for the storage of wine as well as wine starting apartment rentals london ontario to be bottled at the place of production and the changing of the railroad lines, the wine warehouses of Bercy were in decline. By 1950, the warehouses were suffering and by the 1970s they were completely abandoned. In 1979, the majority of the warehouses were demolished.
apartment rentals london ontario Some of the walkways in the park retain the rails of the trains that brought the wine to the warehouses. There are also more than 200 century-old trees in the park that once surrounded the wine warehouses.
On the western end of Parc de Bercy is the Palais Omnisports de Paris Bercy,(P.O.P.B.) built in 1983. Its shape is that of a terraced pyramid and the sides of the building are covered with grass (which must be the most difficult of all the lawns in Paris to mow).
This stadium hosts sporting events including track and field, tennis, basketball and equestrian events. It also holds the Sonja Henie Patinoire, ice-skating rink. Music concerts are staged here as well.
East of the expansive lawns which make up the central part of Parc de Bercy, is the Jardin Yitzhak Rabin, named in honor of the Prime Minister of Israel from June 1992 to November 1995, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994 and who was assassinated on November 4, 1995.
The Garden House is open during November-February from 1:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m. on Tuesday-Saturday and closed on Monday, Sunday and holidays; during April-September from 1:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. on Tuesday-Friday and from 1:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday and holidays, closed Monday; during October and March the hours are from 1:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. on Tuesday-Sunday, closed Monday.
Parc de Bercy has a small children's playground and a carousel. The carousel apartment rentals london ontario operates everyday. On Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday the carousel runs from 4 p.m.-7 p.m. On Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday it runs from 4:30 p.m.-7 p.m.
The openness of the park is unobtrusively sectioned into more intimate spaces by small hills and arbors and sunken sitting areas. In the late afternoons, one finds many couples here, leisurely enjoying their time together.
Beyond here is the Bercy Village, a newly developed chic shopping area with restaurants, bars and cafés all of which occupy some of the smaller old wine warehouses. The Ecole de Boulangerie et de Patisserie de Paris, the School of Bakery and Pastry, occupies apartment rentals london ontario some of the larger old warehouses.
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