Things to see and do Paris 12th 75012

Huge green area, the bois de Vincennes is located on the territory of the 12th arrondissement of Paris, but is just as well from the capital from Vincennes. It offers numerous footpaths, bridle paths and touring cyclists and about covers an area of 995 acres (it is the green area most important in Paris), with 140,000 trees and houses nearly 150 bird species. It is a remnant of the old belt of forests surrounding Lutèce. First a royal hunting reserve, it is open to the public by Louis XV. After the Revolution, wood becomes an area of military training on 166 acres. The army installed his equipment some of which are still there: polygone shooting, cartouche factory, barracks... Wood is then housed under Napoleon III with the creation of lakes (Tiny, Gravel, Saint-Mandé, Daumesnil), bridges, artificial waterfalls, kiosks and restaurants. During the Olympic Games organized in 1900 in Paris, it is here that most events are held. In 1931, the colonial Exhibition... colonises wood. From this period also to the Vincennes zoo, the pagoda of Vincennes dates back (near lake Daumesnil), the tropical garden, the old national museum of Africa and Oceania from Porte Dorée which became national City of immigration in 2007. Wood is the Parc Floral de Paris, the farmhouse Georges- City, the School of Breuil, school of horticulture of Paris.

The construction of this gigantic ministry was one of President François Mitterrand's major projects. Inaugurated in 1988, it consists of five buildings. The Colbert, Vauban and Necker buildings were designed by Paul Chemetov and Borja Huidobro, while the Sully and Turgot buildings are by Louis Arretche and Roman Karasinsky. Several hundred metres long, Colbert is the most extensive and ends on the banks of the Seine with two pillars spanning the quay, where ministers can take a river shuttle that takes them to the west of Paris. This building now houses several ministries. Located near the Bercy train station, it is often nicknamed as such.