European Travel Guide, Free Tourist Attractions, Activities & Free Things to do in Europe » Park https://freeineurope.com European Travel Guide and Directory with links to Free Tourist Attractions, Activities and other Free things to do in Europe for popular destinations including London, Paris, Madrid, Rome, Amsterdam and Berlin. Tourist attractions for budget travellers and backpackers backpacking through Europe. Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:00:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Luxembourg Gardens in Paris is Home to the Statue of Liberty https://freeineurope.com/luxembourg-gardens-paris-home-to-statue-of-liberty/ https://freeineurope.com/luxembourg-gardens-paris-home-to-statue-of-liberty/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 02:55:34 +0000 Jeroen van de Peppel https://freeineurope.com/?p=831 Share and Enjoy • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • Digg • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS Share and Enjoy The Luxembourg Gardens came about as a result of Henri IV’s assassination in 1610. His wife, Marie de Medicis, could not continue living in the Louvre with his memory. She had the Palais du Luxembourg and the surrounding gardens built to replicate her childhood home, Florence’s Palazzo Pitti. The Luxembourg Gardens were [...]]]> Share and Enjoy • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • Digg • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS

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Luxembourg Gardens ParisThe Luxembourg Gardens came about as a result of Henri IV’s assassination in 1610. His wife, Marie de Medicis, could not continue living in the Louvre with his memory. She had the Palais du Luxembourg and the surrounding gardens built to replicate her childhood home, Florence’s Palazzo Pitti. The Luxembourg Gardens were completed in 1625, but did not reach their present dimensions until 1790. The park has been open to the public since the 17th century. The construction of nearby streets and avenues during the Second Empire reduced its size, but not its general appearance.

Some of the Gardens’ more notable features include the Medicis Fountain, erected in 1861, and a bronze replica of the Statue of Liberty. The park, which closes at sunset, also has a multitude of strolling paths, and is filled with hundreds of movable chairs, which can be rented. Outdoor concerts also occur in the Luxembourg Gardens.

The design is basically formal: a central parterre dominated by terraces. Allees of trees surround the central terraces and continue in every direction except north, where the Palais du Luxembourg dominates. A free, more English-style garden is situated along Rue Guynemer and Rue Auguste-Comte; it was built during the first Empire and contains winding paths, grassy open areas, and a wide array of sculpture.

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Breary Marsh Nature ReserveBreary Marsh Nature Reserve is the best remaining example of a wet valley alder wood in West Yorkshire, a habitat which was once common along the streams and river valleys in the county. Much of the nature reserve is also a site of special scientific interest, reflecting its importance for nature conservation.

Breary Marsh is next to the A660 Otley Road and the car park for Golden Acre Park. A network of footpaths and bridleways provides access throughout the site, and the swampy alder wood, which is the rarest of the site’s habitats, can be enjoyed from a boardwalk.

The different habitats at Breary Marsh reflect differences in ground level, and range from waterlogged to drier habitats where the ground rises. ‘Carr’ is the name given to woodland on wet or waterlogged ground, and is often dominated by alder. Beneath the trees, pools of standing water are dotted with large clumps of greater tussock sedge. These tussocks are home to some of the increasingly scarce insects which are to be found at Breary Marsh.

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