1. Le Jardin du Luxembourg
By: Karen Patel

2. GENERAL FACTS
22,45 hectare large (about 55 acres)
designed in 1612
19th century open to the public.

3. HISTORY
ROMAN CAMP SITE
1257 THE CHARTREUX BUILD MONASTERY
MARIE DE MEDICIS 1615

4. GRAND BASSIN
OCTAGONAL POND
RENT SMALL BOATS

5. Fountains
FONTAINE DE MEDICIS IN 1624
FONTAINE DE L’OBSERVATORIE IN
1873
STATUE OF GLOBE
OCEANIA LEFT OUT

6. Statues
Saint-Geneviève

7. WHAT YOU CAN DO
sailboats
puppet theater
pony rides
tennis courts
read near the fountain
play chess
boulotte--a French card game
attend a Senate hearing open to the public.

8. WORKS CITED
HTTP://PARISPASSION.CANALBLOG.COM/ALBUMS/JE_JARDIN_DU_LUXEMBOURG/M-
JARDIN_DU_LUXEMBOURG_10_.JPG
HTTP://WWW.PARIS.ORG/MONUMENTS/LUXEMBOURG/
HTTP://CACHE.VIRTUALTOURIST.COM/3138990-
JARDIN_DU_LUXEMBOURG_IN_SUMMER_JUL05-PARIS.JPG
HTTP://WWW.IGOUGO.COM/ATTRACTIONS-REVIEWS-B40008-PARIS-
JARDIN_DU_LUXEMBOURG_(LE).HTML