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Parc Monceau had its beginning in 1769 when Louis Philippe, the duke of Chartres, luxury hotels dallas who was also the cousin of Louis XVI and the father of King Louis-Philippe I and who would later become the Duc d'Orléans and be known as Philippe-Egalité, purchased a hectare of land on Boulevard de Courcelles.
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"Toll walls" were built around Paris in 1787, called the "farmers general enclosure" and it bordered this garden, although a ditch was built instead of a wall so that the Duc's view would not be spoiled. The ditch corresponds with what is now Boulevard de Courcelles.
Instead of the usual observation post for the toll walls, a beautiful rotunda designed by Claude Nicola Ledoux was built bordering the Duc's property. This rotunda on Boulevard de Courcelles is one of the last remnants of this enclosure.
In 1793, the now Duc d'Orléans bought more of the surrounding properties and landscape architect Thomas Blaikie transformed the garden with trees and lawns into an English-styled garden. This was one of the first landscaped parks in Paris and it become a place of festivities.
In 1860, the garden was bought by the City of Paris. Baron Haussmann and his engineer, Jean Charles Alphand and horticulturalist Barilles Deschamps, designed it into the park that it is today. luxury hotels dallas Parc Monceau was inaugurated by Napoleon III on August 13, 1861. Since then, statues have been added.
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The park also claims to have some of the largest trees in Paris, two of which are Oriental plane trees, one with a circumference of almost 23 feet, 7 meters, and over 140 years old, the other has a circumference of 4 meters and is over 100 years old.
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