Bois de Boulogne
Bois de Boulogne—“Boulogne woodland”—is a vast public park that forms the western half of Paris’s 16th arrondissement, extending toward Boulogne-Billancourt and Neuilly-sur-Seine. The land was ceded to the city of Paris by Emperor Napoleon III in 1852, and the park’s creation is commonly dated to 1853. At 845 hectares (about 2,088 acres), it is the second-largest park in Paris, slightly smaller than Bois de Vincennes. What makes it more than just a green escape is how it concentrates major cultural and recreational institutions within one landscape. Inside the grounds you find the English-style garden with lakes and a cascade, the Château de Bagatelle and the Pré-Catelan, and the Jardin d’Acclimatation, with its zoo and amusement park. The park also holds the Hippodrome de Longchamp and the Auteuil Hippodrome for racing, and Stade Roland Garros, where the French Open is held each year. …
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