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| | Parks & Gardens In Paris |
 | | This sprawling park on the eastern periphery of Paris has been a longtime favorite of French families, who enjoy its zoos, museums, royal château, four lakes (Lacs Daumesnil, Minimes, Gravelle, Saint Mandé), boating, and an annual carnival, the "Foire du Trone". |
 | | Opened in 1994, this small park was planted on a concourse constructed over the first 100 yards of railroad tracks leading to the Gare Montparnasse. |
 | | During the 1860s, Baron Haussmann converted this hilly site from a garbage dump and quarry -- with gallows at its foot -- into beautiful English-style gardens, replete with a lake and man-made island, a Roman-style temple, waterfall, streams, and footbridges. |
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