Showing posts with label Metro Cour St-Emilion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Metro Cour St-Emilion. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Bercy Village - Cour St. Émilion



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Cour Saint-Émilion


Bercy Village consists largely of small wine warehouses from the late 19th century.  The tracks seen in the paved courtyard above were originally used to transport barrels of wine in and out of the warehouses.  For more than a century and up until 1960, the Bercy neighborhood was a vast wine market.


Although some may complain that this has become a tourist attraction with its shops, bars, and restaurants, the architecture has been preserved (along with the rail tracks), and it has the feel of a historic village.  It is at the southeast end of Le Parc de Bercy and is easily accessed by Line 14, Métro Cour St. Émilion.


Cour Saint-Émilion
Bercy Village
75012, Paris

Friday, July 20, 2012

Parc de Bercy - Jardin romantique



Parc de Bercy is a group of three connected gardens:

The Romantic Garden with its fishponds and dunes,
The Flowerbeds,
The Meadows with its open meadows and tall trees.


This was my first visit in late March, a warm day with a high sun,
no clouds and a great reflection in this Japanese pond.


I will be back


Parc de Bercy
75012, Paris
Métro Cour St-Emilion (SE end of the park)
Métro Bercy (N end of the park)