Le Jardin du LuxembourgBy: Karen Patel

GENERAL FACTS

22,45 hectare large (about 55 acres)

designed in 1612

19th century open to the public.

HISTORY

ROMAN CAMP SITE

1257 THE CHARTREUX BUILD MONASTERY

MARIE DE MEDICIS 1615

GRAND BASSIN

OCTAGONAL POND

RENT SMALL BOATS

Fountains

FONTAINE DE MEDICIS IN 1624

FONTAINE DE L’OBSERVATORIE IN 1873

STATUE OF GLOBE

OCEANIA LEFT OUT

Statues

Saint-Geneviève

WHAT YOU CAN DO

sailboats

puppet theater

pony rides

tennis courts

read near the fountain

play chess

boulotte--a French card game

attend a Senate hearing open to the public.

WORKS CITED

HTTP://PARISPASSION.CANALBLOG.COM/ALBUMS/JE_JARDIN_DU_LUXEMBOURG/M-JARDIN_DU_LUXEMBOURG_10_.JPG

HTTP://WWW.PARIS.ORG/MONUMENTS/LUXEMBOURG/

HTTP://CACHE.VIRTUALTOURIST.COM/3138990-JARDIN_DU_LUXEMBOURG_IN_SUMMER_JUL05-PARIS.JPG

HTTP://WWW.IGOUGO.COM/ATTRACTIONS-REVIEWS-B40008-PARIS-JARDIN_DU_LUXEMBOURG_(LE).HTML