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Parc Monceau

Parc Monceau is an 8.2-hectare landscaped public park in Paris's 8th arrondissement, created in the late 18th century and transformed into a public promenade during Haussmann's works. The park gathers a collection of scaled-down architectural follies—an oval basin with a Corinthian colonnade (the Naumachie), an Egyptian pyramid, a grotto and the classical Pavillon de Chartres rotunda—set among plane trees, gravel paths and surrounding townhouses.

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First raised

1852

Its prime

1861

Today

Restored

As it stood in 1861

What Parc Monceau looked like in its prime.

An intimate urban pleasure garden centred on an oval reflecting basin ringed by a low stone coping and a semi-circular colonnade of fluted Corinthian columns; a few broken column drums rise from the water. Gravel promenades and clipped lawns step up to a small stone Egyptian pyramid and a rustic grotto with a planted cascade set into a rock bank. A compact circular stone rotunda (Pavillon de Chartres) with a domed roof marks the main entrance; plane trees and 19th-century stone façades enclose the park.

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7 places to explore in 1861.

The record describes 7 distinct spots at Parc Monceau, including 2 interiors: pavillon de chartres (main rotunda) — approach, grotto and artificial cascade. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and explore every one, more scenes means more photos, more angles and more of the immersive experience.

Pavillon de Chartres (main rotunda) — approachNaumachie — oval basin and Corinthian colonnadeRialto-model bridge over the garden streamSmall Egyptian pyramid and adjacent 'tombs' — pond edgeGrotto and artificial cascadeCentral crossing of the main promenadesRenaissance arcade (Hôtel de Ville fragment) near the colonnade

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Families who held Parc Monceau.

The families tied to Parc Monceau across its history, follow a name to its page.

Orléans
Created from 1778 as the folly garden of Philippe d'Orléans, Duke of Chartres; the Orléans family held it again from the Restoration until its sale to the city in 1860.

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