Parc de la Villette
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The Parc de la Villette is the third-largest park in Paris, 55.5 hectares (137 acres) in area, located at the northeastern edge of the city in the 19th arrondissement. The park houses one of the largest concentration of cultural venues in Paris, including the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie (City of Science and Industry, Europe's largest science museum), three major concert venues, and the prestigious Conservatoire de Paris. The park was designed by Bernard Tschumi, a French architect of Swiss origin, who built it from 1984 to 1987 in partnership with Colin Fournier, on the site of the huge Parisian abattoirs (slaughterhouses) and the national wholesale meat market, as part of an urban redevelopment project. It houses twenty-six follies, made of metal and painted bright red, placed on a grid to offer a distinct organization to the park. (wikipedia.org)
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- Western: Modern Europe (1815 - Present) : Modern Western Europe : France, 1945-Present
- French
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