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Parc de la Villette with the Cité des Sciences and the Géode in the background. The Parc de la Villette (French pronunciation: [paʁk də la vilɛt]) is the third-largest park in Paris, 55.5 hectares (137 acres) in area, located at the northeastern edge of the city in the 19th arrondissement.
With an area of 1.13 ha, it was opened in 1828 and houses 2,500 graves. [1] [2] It was enlarged in 1843. [2]Initially the fourth cemetery of the commune of La Villette, it became the cemetery reserved for the burials of the inhabitants of the 19th arrondissement of Paris, after the annexation in 1860 of the commune of La Villette in Paris.
Porte de Pantin (Parc de la Villette) (French pronunciation: [pɔʁt də pɑ̃tɛ̃ paʁk də la vilɛt]) is a station of the Paris Métro, serving line 5. It is named after the nearby avenue de la Porte de Pantin, on the edge of Paris leading to the town of Pantin. It was in turn named after the nearby Porte de Pantin, one of the former gates ...
The 19th arrondissement, mixing the Old French bohemianism and also the Parisian cosmopolitanism, includes two public parks: the Parc des Buttes Chaumont, located on a hill, and the Parc de la Villette, which is home to the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, a museum and exhibition centre, the Conservatoire de Paris, one of the most renowned ...
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Zénith Paris [2] (originally known as Zénith de Paris, [3] pronounced [zenit də paʁi]; and commonly referred to as Le Zénith, [lə zenit]) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Paris, France. It is located in the Parc de la Villette in the 19th arrondissement on the edge of the Canal de l'Ourcq. Its ability to seat up to 6,293 people makes it ...
La Villette (French pronunciation: [la vilɛt] ⓘ) was a French commune (municipality) in the Seine département lying immediately north-east of Paris. It was one of four communes [1] entirely annexed by the city of Paris in 1859. [2] Its territory is now located in the 19th arrondissement, but a neighborhood has retained its name: the ...
The Parc des Buttes Chaumont (French pronunciation: [paʁk de byt ʃomɔ̃]; English: Park of the Buttes Chaumont) is a public park situated in northeastern Paris, France, in the 19th arrondissement. Occupying 24.7 hectares (61 acres), it is the fifth-largest park in Paris, after the Bois de Vincennes , Bois de Boulogne , Parc de la Villette ...