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Paris Gardens!

August 15, 2013 by Brenda Prowse 3 Comments

Our summer visitors have enjoyed exploring some of Paris’s many gardens. Two of their favorites were the Jardins des Plantes and the Jardin du Luxembourg. Jardins des Plantes-Paris’s main botanical garden was founded in 1626. It was planted as a medicinal herb garden in 1635 by Louis XIII’ s physician, Guy de la Brosse. There are […]

Filed Under: History, Sight Seeing Tagged With: gardens, jardin des plantes, jardin du luxembourg

April in Paris-Jardin du Luxembourg

April 30, 2013 by Brenda Prowse 11 Comments

Finally the trees have green leaves, tulips and flowering shrubs are blooming, and it is much more fun to visit the Jardin du Luxembourg (Luxembourg Gardens) only about half a mile from our apartment. These are the gardens featured in Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables! The 60 acre park attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors each […]

Filed Under: History, Sight Seeing Tagged With: jardin du luxembourg, Luxembourg Garden, Luxembourg Palace, Palais du Luxembourg

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Hugh Nelson and Brenda Prowse on Pont Alexandre III
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