Bois de Vincennes

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Bois de Vincennes

The Bois de Vincennes is a park in the English landscape manner

English garden

The term English garden or English park is used in Continental Europe to refer to a type of natural-appearing large-scale landscape garden with its origins in the English landscape gardens of the 18th century, especially those associated with Capability Brown....
to the east of Paris

Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
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The Bois de Vincennes is a park in the English landscape manner

English garden

Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
. The park is named after the nearby town of Vincennes

Vincennes

Vincennes is a commune in France of the Val-de-Marne located in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. This ?le-de-France town is located . from the Kilometre Zero....
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The Bois de Vincennes, like the Bois de Boulogne

Bois de Boulogne

The Bois de Boulogne is a park located along the western edge of the 16th arrondissement of Paris of Paris, near the suburb of Boulogne-Billancourt....
, is often not thought to be part of Paris proper, as it consists only of unpopulated public land. However, for administrative purposes, it is part of the 12th arrondissement of Paris.

It has an area of 9.947 km² (3.841 sq. miles, or 2,458 acres), which is almost three times larger than Central Park

Central Park

Central Park is a large public, urban park in New York City, with about twenty-five million visitors annually. Most of the areas immediately adjacent to the park are known for impressive buildings and valuable real estate....
in New York

New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
, and four times larger than Hyde Park

Hyde Park, London

Hyde Park is one of the largest parks in central London, England and one of the Royal Parks of London, famous for its Speakers' Corner.The park is divided in two by the Serpentine ....
in London

London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
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History

Originally a hunting preserve for the kings of France

France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
, it became a military exercise area after the French revolution

French Revolution

The French Revolution was a period of political and social upheaval and radical change in the history of France, during which the French governmental structure, previously an absolute monarchy with feudalism for the aristocracy and Roman Catholic Church clergy, underwent radical change to forms based on Age of Enlightenment principles of cit...
. It was made into a public park by Napoleon III in 1860.

The Bois de Vincennes was officially annexed by the city of Paris in 1929 and was incorporated into the 12th arrondissement.

Features

At the north end of the Bois de Vincennes stands the Château de Vincennes

Château de Vincennes

The Ch?teau de Vincennes is a massive 14th and 17th century France royal castle in the town of Vincennes, to the east of Paris, now a suburb of the metropolis....
, which used to be a favorite second home for many 14th century kings. Now in renovation, it is still open to the public. In the southwest of the park stands the Redoute de Gravelle, a military redoubt

Redoubt

A redoubt is a fort or fort system usually consisting of an enclosed defensive emplacement outside a larger fort, usually relying on Earthworks s, though others are constructed of stone or brick....
constructed under the reign of Louis-Philippe

Louis-Philippe of France

Louis-Philippe , was List of French monarchs from 1830 to 1848 in what was known as the July Monarchy. He was the last king to rule France, although Napoleon III of France, styled as an emperor, would serve as its last monarch....
in the 19th century.

The Bois de Vincennes is home to several sport

Sport

Sport is an activity that is governed by a set of regulation of sport or traditions and often engaged in competitively. Sports commonly refer to activities where the physical capabilities of the competitor are the sole or primary determinant of the outcome , but the term is also used to include activities such as mind sports and motor...
s venues. In the eastern part lies a hippodrome

Hippodrome

A Hippodrome was a Greek stadium for horse racing and chariot racing. Some present-day horse racing tracks are also called hippodromes, for example the Central Moscow Hippodrome....
specialising in trot

Trot

Trot may mean:*Trot , a genre of Korean pop music*Trot *A trotline*A literal translation of a foreign text*A mildly negative epithet for Trotskyist...
ting races. There is also a velodrome

Vélodrome de Vincennes

The V?lodrome de Vincennes is a stadium in Vincennes, near Paris, France....
, and the French national institute of sports and physical education.

In the west is a 14.5ha zoo

Zoo

A Zoology garden, abbreviated to zoo, is an institution in which living animals are exhibited in captivity. In addition to their status as tourist attractions and recreational facilities, modern zoos may engage in captive breeding programs, conservation study, and educational outreach....
, permanently established in 1934 in place of a smaller, temporary zoo constructed for the 1931 Exposition coloniale internationale

Colonial exhibition

File:IllustLondonNews1886.jpgA colonial exhibition was a type of World's Fair intended to boost trade and bolster popular support for the various colonialism during the New Imperialism period, which started in the 1880s with the scramble for Africa....
. The zoo breeds Asian elephants, and its most notable feature is a 65m high monolith

Monolith

A monolith is a geological feature such as a mountain, consisting of a single massive Rock or rock, or a single piece of rock placed as, or within, a monument....
, home to a herd of mouflon

Mouflon

The mouflon , sometimes known as the Cyprus mouflon, is a subspecies group of the wild ovis Ovis orientalis. Populations of Ovis orientalis can be partitioned into the mouflons or milligans and urials or arkars ....
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The Arboretum de l'École du Breuil

Arboretum de l'École du Breuil

The Arboretum de l'?cole du Breuil is a municipal arboretum located on the Route de la Ferme in the southeast corner of the Bois de Vincennes, Paris, France....
, in the park's southeast corner, is a municipal arboretum

Arboretum

An arboretum is a collection of trees. Related collections include a fruticetum , and a viticetum, a collection of vines. More commonly today, an arboretum is a botanical garden containing living collections of woody plants intended at least partly for scientific study....
established on this location in 1936.

Lakes

The Bois de Vincennes is home to four lakes, fed from the Marne River

Marne River

The Marne is a river in France, a right tributary of the Seine in the area east and southeast of Paris. It is long. The river gave its name to the d?partement in France of Haute-Marne, Marne, Seine-et-Marne, and Val-de-Marne....
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Lac Daumesnil, in the west, with a surface area of 12ha, containing two islands
Lac des Minimes, in the north-east, with a surface area of 6ha and three islands
Lac de Saint-Mandé, in the northwest
Lac de Gravelle, in the southwest, with a surface area of 1ha

Bois de Vincennes

History

Features

Lakes

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