Trocadero Gardens, Paris, France

In 1823 Louis XVIII wanted to commemorate the taking of the town of Trocadero, in Spain, by the duc d'Ângoleme, by building a villa Trocadero on the top of the hill Chaillot. The villa was never built but the name stuck. The first garden was created for the International Exhibition of 1878; it was renovated for the International Exhibition of 1937. It is and English-styled garden and covers an area of 9.4 hectares.
The centrepiece of the garden is the Warsaw Fountain, with its twenty water cannons, but there are also a number of sculptures to be admired, namely, L'Homme and La Femme, two stone statues by Daniel Bacqué close to the fountain. A man-made creek flows through the gardens and is home to several small animals.
Palais Chaillot, situated above the gardens, offers a magnificent view of the Eiffel Tower.

How to go: Trocadero metro station (lines 9 and 6)










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