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Bois de Boulogne

16th arrondissement of ParisForests of FranceFrench landscape gardensParks and open spaces in ParisRed-light districts in France
Urban public parksVenues of the 1900 Summer Olympics
La Défense and Bois de Boulogne from the Eiffel Tower, 11 June 2017 001
La Défense and Bois de Boulogne from the Eiffel Tower, 11 June 2017 001

The Bois de Boulogne (French pronunciation: ​[bwɑ d(ə) bulɔɲ], "Boulogne woodland") is a large public park located along the western edge of the 16th arrondissement of Paris, near the suburb of Boulogne-Billancourt and Neuilly-sur-Seine. The land was ceded to the city of Paris by the Emperor Napoleon III to be turned into a public park in 1852.It is the second-largest park in Paris, slightly smaller than the Bois de Vincennes on the eastern side of the city. It covers an area of 845 hectares (2088 acres), which is about two and a half times the area of Central Park in New York, slightly larger than Phoenix Park in Dublin, and slightly smaller than Richmond Park in London. Within the boundaries of the Bois de Boulogne are an English landscape garden with several lakes and a cascade; two smaller botanical and landscape gardens, the Château de Bagatelle and the Pré-Catelan; a zoo and amusement park in the Jardin d'Acclimatation; GoodPlanet Foundation's Domaine de Longchamp dedicated to ecology and humanism, The Jardin des Serres d'Auteuil, a complex of greenhouses holding a hundred thousand plants; two tracks for horse racing, the Hippodrome de Longchamp and the Auteuil Hippodrome; the Stade Roland Garros where the French Open tennis tournament is held each year, the Fondation Louis Vuitton and other attractions.

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Bois de Boulogne
Rond des Mélèzes, Paris 16th Arrondissement (Paris)

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Rond des Mélèzes
75016 Paris, 16th Arrondissement (Paris)
Ile-de-France, France
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