So here I am looking at my blog and found me an older post that would like to update for the memories’s sake. In an area of Paris dear to me of many wonderful times walking and driving by it as well as getting off on the bus 82 (see post) ,Paris is eternal indeed. In my walks around Paris I come to many places and some remains in my mind as nice. Well Paris has so many nice places but in the nice category there is some who are well beyond nice. This is one garden park promenade esplanade as you wish ,that is very nice indeed. I like to tell you about the Esplanade Gaston-Monnerville of Paris.
The Esplanade Gaston-Monnerville is, since 2006, an esplanade and a green space located in the 6éme arrondissement or district of Paris. It is located between the rue Auguste-Comte and the jardin des Grands-Explorateurs Marco-Polo et Cavalier de la Salle, This Parisian street was named after Gaston Monnerville, a notable French politician of the 20C. Following a request from the Association of Friends of Gaston Monnerville, the Conseil de Paris inaugurated on September 5, 2006 the renaming of the old jardin Cavelier-La Salle garden, in his honnor. The bust in his homage, erected on the Esplanade in 2011, has his bust on the place André-Honnorat, and his plaque on Avenue Raymond-Poincaré, in the 16éme arrondissement, where he died. It is located exactly at 7, place André Honnorat between the gates of the Luxembourg Garden and the beginning of the garden of the great explorers in the center of the Avenue de l’Observatoire. The avenue de l’Observatoire is occupied throughout its central part by a series of gardens, of which the Esplanade Gaston-Monnerville and the Luxembourg garden. On this esplanade are installed 3 ping-pong tables, a playground for children and a fitness area.
A bit of history I like this one from the City of Paris tell us that the avenue de l’Observatoire occupied the entire central part by a series of gardens, including this esplanade. The garden occupies part of the enclosure of the Chartreux which formed a triangle between the boulevard Saint-Michel, the rue de Vaugirard and Rue d’Assas. When it closed in 1790. At the time of the French revolution, their order had 77 convents in France and 95 in the rest of Christendom. Who was the esplanade called before; well it was named after René-Robert Cavalier de la Salle born in Rouen, Normandy, in 1643 and died murdered in 1687 near Navasota, southwest of the French colony of Louisiana, in the present American state of Texas. As a traveller, he travelled through the Great Lakes region of the current United States and Canada, then the Mississippi River, and discovered the territories between the St. Lawrence Valley and the Mississippi Delta. Why the change do not know, politics I guess.
The avenue de l’Observatoire is occupied over its entire central part by a series of gardens, including this esplanade. The garden occupies part of the enclosure of the Chartreux which formed a triangle between the boulevard Saint-Michel, the rue de Vaugirard and Rue d’Assas. when it closed in 1790. At the time of the revolution, their order had 77 convents in France and 95 in the rest of Christendom. In the center, vast lawns with flowerbeds are punctuated by two marble groups: “La Nuit” by Charles Gumery and “Le Crépuscule” by Gustave Crauk. You then arrive at the Marco-Polo garden, which extends it. One of its alleys, to the east of the garden, has been paying homage since 2016 to Denise Vernay ,a resistant. Another aisle pays tribute since 2019 to Nicole Fontaine , President of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2002.
Between the jardin des grands explorateurs (garden of the great explorers) and the Luxembourg garden , this treed esplanade makes the junction between the two. You can bring your children to play in the dedicated playgrounds or come and sit down with friends in the grass for a small impromptu picnic. Lovely Paris!
You can reach this garden on the RER B stop Luxembourg ,and Métro line 12 stop Notre Dame des Champs or my nostalgic bus line 82 stop Guynemer-Vavin, Believe or not , I have found free parking on the Rue Auguste Comté just ahead,
The city of Paris on the Esplanade Gaston Monnerville: https://www.paris.fr/lieux/esplanade-gaston-monnerville-2457
There you go folks, a dandy green in the heart of Paris good for the whole family and we love it !The Esplanade Gaston Monnerville is another of Paris’s jewels. Again, hope you enjoy the simplicity and beauty of Paris , worth the meaning of my eternal Paris.
And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to al! !!!
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