Jardins du Trocadéro

The Jardins du Trocadéro is the hill of Chaillot two, in the 16th arrondissement, a symmetrical scale greenery.

Location

The gardens are located on the right bank, from which it separates only the Avenue des Nations Unies. In the north they are bounded by the two quarter-circular wing of the Palais de Chaillot, between which a popular observation deck offers a beautiful view over part of the Rive Gauche ( Left Bank of the Seine dt ).

The impressive stairs of the system lead from the Place du Trocadéro et du 11 Novembre down to a bridge over the Seine, the Pont d' Iéna. They are the starting point of the impressive perspective that goes beyond the Seine on the Eiffel Tower and the greenery of the Champ de Mars and graduated from the École Militaire ( Military School ) place.

History

Instead of the vast esplanade on the slope of the hill of Chaillot stood since 1651 the Monastery of the Visitation (French: couvent de la Visitation ), which was destroyed after the revolution. We have designed multiple remodeling plans for the place: Napoleon Bonaparte wanted to have a monument in honor of his son, the former king of Rome built. The sculptor Antoine Etex suggested the construction of a huge fountain in the middle of a lighthouse should be. Louis XVIII, too. wanted to build a monument called Villa Trocadéro in commemoration of the Battle of Trocadero in 1823. However, none of this project was realized. The name of the last project coined the place to this day.

Napoleon III. and Baron Haussmann recognized the enthusiasm of the French population for gardens and used it as a political tool. Even in England looked to gardens as a tool for social reform. They took this idea and wanted to make a symbol of social harmony, which should offset the urban tensions during these troubled times from the gardens of Paris.

Finally the Jardins du Trocadéro was created for the Paris World Exposition in 1878. The engineer Jean -Charles Alphand left the gardens in harmony to create the planned by the architect Gabriel Davioud " Palais du Trocadéro ", which was designed in oriental style with 70 m high minarets. At the same time originated in the northeast area of the gardens, the underground Aquarium du Trocadero (French ), whose peculiarity was that it showed river fish.

As part of the preparations for the World Fair of 1937, the current Palais de Chaillot was built after the demolition of the oriental palace on the existing foundations with its terraces, stairs and fountains. Following the dismantling of the temporary exhibition pavilion of the gardens of Roger Lardat, one of the architects working for the city of Paris, were restored and partially remodeled, the aquarium rehabilitated. The latter was closed after over a hundred years of existence, in spite of its international fame in 1985 due to disrepair. Since 1997, the reopening of the language, which was delayed several times due to cost reasons. Currently, extensive renovations are carried out. The new aquarium is to be completed before the end of 2006 and opened to the public.

Shaping

The 93 930 m² facility is divided into several terraces. On the central terrace is the fountain of Warsaw (French fontaine de Varsovie, 1937), shoot water cannons at the 20 a volume of 8,240 cubic meters in height, forming 56 fountains. The water then flows through lateral staircases in an elongated basin, which extends to the foot of the slope. The fountains are evening highlighted by an impressive light show.

While the open terraces exist in the center of the gardens of broad promenades, the surfaces are planted on both sides with dense deciduous trees. An artificial stream runs through the gardens irregularly applied. One can find beech, chestnut, linden, and a red oak, a common oak and a century-old Hazel. But also a Caucasian wingnut, which was planted in 1891 and has reached a height of 28 m, is here. This lush vegetation meets toward the center on a straight scale series of paulownia, which limits the Esplanade open on both sides.

The gardens are occasionally provided with sculptures dating mainly from the 1930s. For example, the sculptures Homme (English: Man ) from Traverse and Femme (German woman) of Bacqué, which rise above the pool. There you can also find rare remains of the city's history: an upper corner of the Hôtel de Ville from the 16th century, and part of the facade of the Palais des Tuileries.