Description
Parc Georges-Brassens is a neighborhood park of almost 8 hectares in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, laid out in 1984 on the site of an old horse market and slaughterhouse. It is named after the singer Georges Brassens, who lived nearby.
A large pond sits at its center, surrounded by lawns, a rose garden and a garden of medicinal and aromatic plants. On the slope grow a small vineyard and, at the top, a set of beehives. Two bronze bulls on the gates recall what the site used to be.
The designers kept pieces of the old market: a gateway crowned by a horse's head, the bell tower of the fish market beside the pond, and the iron horse-market shelter, which hosts a market of secondhand books on weekends.
The ground hides old quarries, too unstable for housing: that is why the city made it a park.
A large pond sits at its center, surrounded by lawns, a rose garden and a garden of medicinal and aromatic plants. On the slope grow a small vineyard and, at the top, a set of beehives. Two bronze bulls on the gates recall what the site used to be.
The designers kept pieces of the old market: a gateway crowned by a horse's head, the bell tower of the fish market beside the pond, and the iron horse-market shelter, which hosts a market of secondhand books on weekends.
The ground hides old quarries, too unstable for housing: that is why the city made it a park.