La fontaine contient, dans sa totalité, 1360 ensembles de pompes, 1124 ensembles de transducteurs, 3300 séries de lanternes chinoises et plus de 2000 jeux d’embouts. The Parc Floral is the biggest park in Paris. Whatever the season, there is always something of interest in this 28-hectare expanse, from the cherry trees in flower in spring to the park’s 420 dahlia varieties in late summer. It’s perfect for a family outing: you can have a picnic by the lake next to the Valley of Flowers, explore the butterfly garden and admire the amazing bonsai collection. Kids can play mini-golf or take part in the ‘Balade insolite’, an educational treasure hunt in the midst of nature. The Parc Floral also has an excellent cultural programme, hosting the Pestacles children’s festival, the Paris Jazz Festival and the Classique au vert classical music festival, plus such as Nature et Vinsand the Animal Expo. It’s located in one of the two remaining buildings from the Exposition Coloniale de 1931, designed by the architect Louis-Hippolyte Boileau as the Pavilion de Cameroun. The original Pavilion de Togo at the 1931 Exposition. The Pagode was from 1931 to 2015 a cinema complex located at 57 bis rue de Babylone, at the corner of rue Monsieur, in the 7th arrondissement of the capital.

There are quite a few famous attractions in downtown Paris, such as Le Marais, Notre Dame Cathedral. For short trips in Paris, Palais des Congres de Paris, Stade Roland Garros, Disneyland Paris are all good options. You can also visit top-rated attractions like Palais Garnier, Louvre Museum, Eiffel Tower. Commercial areas like Val d'Europe, Le Bon Marche, La Vallee Village are ideal places to buy souvenirs. The three Paris Pagodas are as visually startling, unexpected delights today as they were when first created. Couvrant environ 110,000 mètres carrés, la fontaine musicale située au nord de la place de la grande pagode des Oies Sauvages est la plus grande d’Asie. Known as La Grande Pagode, or the Pagode du Vincennes, the third Paris pagoda is a hidden gem on the edge of lac Daumesnil in the heart of the Bois de Vincennes. The original Pavilion de Cameroun at the 1931 Exposition.

The sumptuous interior features fine architectural details including elaborate Shanxi lacquer panels in thematic rooms such as the Salle Indienne, the Salle Cavaliers and the Petit Salon Porcelaine. The Petit Salon Porcelaine. In the final outcome, the case was adjudicated in favor of the owner and Ètoile had to vacate. La Pagode closed its doors in November 2015 “for renovations.” Used as a royal residence in medieval times, the 14th-century Château de Vincennes (also called the Fortress of Vincennes) was built on a limestone plateau, not on top of a hill like most other fortified castles. It is best known for its keep (the highest in Europe), used for many years as a state prison. Voltaire, Fouquet, the Marquis of Sade, Diderot and Mirabeau were imprisoned here. It was the birthplace of Louis XIV, who however preferred to live in Versailles. The castle was gradually abandoned, and later variously used as a porcelain factory, an arsenal and a bakery. It is one of the largest and best-preserved vestiges of the Middle Ages in Europe. For those traveling for business and tourism, Charles de Gaulle Airport (Roissy Airport) is the preferred choice when visiting Paris. It's easy to reach Paris. The city can be reached by plane, train, and car.

This place, a former munitions factory (with a distinctive blue gate) was converted in 1970 by the theatre director Ariane Mnouchkine into a space for artistic creation by her theatre company, theThéâtre du Soleil. There are now five independent theatres (and bars) here staging year-round performances in the middle of the Bois de Vincennes. A treat for serious drama fans. It was originally a h ôtel particulier, constructed in 1880 in the Louis Philippe style of classic 19 th century Haussmann buildings. But by the 20 th century, things were changing. In 1903 a wealthy art dealer named Ching Tsai Loo moved to Paris. He had galleries in New York and Paris supplying American museums with Chinese artefacts—these activities earned him widespread criticism for removing culturally valuable artworks from China and selling them to the West. His defenders point to his generosity, recalling that he would often lend pieces to museums at his own expense, also reminding critics that he saved many Chinese antiquities from certain destruction during the frenzied vandalism of temples brought on by Mao’s Cultural Revolution. C. T. Loo in his Paris Pagoda gallery. Sadly a dispute between the owners of the building and the operator of the cinema Etoile Cinemas arose over unpaid rent and repairs, which was brought to a head in October 2015 after a previous court hearing sided with the building owner and an appeal against this ruling was not granted. The Pagode closed on 10th November 2015 with Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel in “Youth” playing in Screen 2 and the French film “Marguerite” playing in the main Japanese style auditorium. La Pagode closed. Then, in 1931, its doors reopened and voila! La Pagode had reincarnated into a cinema! The only cinema ever in the distinguished 7th arrondissement. The program catered to serious cinéphiles showing quality avant-garde films.The second article will tell the tale of the Pagoda Paris (or the Red Pagoda), an imposing, Chinese-style pagoda located in the upper-class 8th arrondissement.

The Paris zoo is open daily from 9.30am to 8.30pm from 1 May to 31 August, with late openings (from 9pm to 1am) every Thursday from June to mid-August. La Pagode looks sad and forlorn these days. More than three years have passed since its closure. It seems like we’ve seen this movie before. But La Pagode is a mythical place and seems to have a mysterious hand guiding its destiny because… The Bois de Vincennes – a ‘green lung’ in the eastern section of Paris– is a great place for a leisurely cycle ride. Starting from the Porte Dorée (metro line 8, tram 3a), one of the 17 gateways built into the 19th-century Thiers wall, you will come to a 995-hectare expanse of woodland. The Bois was a royal hunting ground until the Revolution and subsequently used for other purposes, such as an artillery academy, before being developed, in the late 19th century, into the largest public park in Paris. After numerous earlier alterations, it was restored in 1977 and transformed into a 28 metre high pagoda as a place of worship, especially for those who had fled war and oppression, such as the Vietnamese and Khmer communities. The second remaining building, the former Pavilion de Togo, is programmed for restoration by the City of Paris, and destined to become a library for Buddhist texts. The Pagoda after its transformation.The year is 1896 – the height of the flamboyant Belle Epoque era – and François Emil Morin, a director of the grand department store Le Bon Marché, is trying to think of a unique birthday present to give his wife, Suzanne Kelson – a woman with an impulsive personality. She is known as “Amandine,” meaning “much loved,” and Monsieur Morin is wholly infatuated with her. He is so eager to please her that every evening he brings a little gift from the store to coax squeals of pleasure from her. This birthday present should be something that really takes her breath away; something that would be the envy of tout Paris.