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Forests
Lac Daumesnil, Bois de Vincennes
A forest kept quiet · Paris, France
Photo: Guilhem Vellut from Paris, France · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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The experience
A 12-hectare artificial lake dug by Alphand during the 1855–1866 transformation of the Bois de Vincennes, the 995-hectare forest on Paris's eastern edge. Two wooded islands sit in the lake, joined by a swinging suspension bridge, with a round Doric Temple of Love above an artificial grotto on the Île de Reuilly and a Swiss chalet nearby. Porte Dorée is the closest metro.
Rowing a boat around forest islands without leaving the city limits.
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Where it is
Paris, France · Bois de Vincennes (12e). Coordinates from the listing we sourced it from.
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