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Jardin des Tuileries
(Tuileries Garden)
Centrally located in the first arrondissement between the Louvre and Place de la Concorde on the right bank of the Seine, the Jardin des Tuileries is one of Paris's most visited gardens.
In the early 16th century Catherine de Médicis had a palace built at the tuileries, a clay quarry for tiles or tuilerie in French. The palace featured a large garden in Italian style, reminding her of her native Tuscany. In the 1600s it was given a more formal French redesign by André Le Nôtre, the celebrated gardener of the Sun King, best known for his design of the gardens at the Versailles Palace.
Like the Jardin du Luxembourg, Jardin des Tuileries is one of those parks where you can grab a chair for free and sit wherever you like.
It also features several fountains, two large ponds, numerous sculptures and two museums, the Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume and the Musée de l'Orangerie, which are the only remains of Catherine de Médicis’ Palais de Tuileries.
Métro: #1 Tuileries
Bus: 42, 68, 72, 73, 84, 94
Vélib’: 1018 – 2, rue d’Alger
