Square du Vert-Galant

The Square du Vert-Galant is a small, triangular park pointing downstream located at the western tip of the Ile de la Cité, next to the , in the First Arrondissement of Paris. It was created in 1884 by joining two small islands to the larger island.
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  • Opening hours: 24/7
  • Type: Park
  • Description: urban park in Paris, France
  • Also known as: “square du Vert-Galant”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pont Neuf and Orsay Museum.

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The is the oldest standing bridge across the river Seine in , . It stands by the western point of the , the island in the middle of the river that between 250 and 225 BC was the birthplace of Paris. is situated 130 metres east of Square du Vert-Galant.

Museum
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The Musée d'Orsay is a museum in Paris, France, on the of the . It is housed in the former Gare d'Orsay, a Beaux-Arts railway station built from 1898 to 1900. is situated 1 km west of Square du Vert-Galant.

Islet
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The is one of two natural islands on the River in central . It spans 22.5 hectares of land. In the 4th century, it was the site of the fortress of the area governor for the Roman Empire.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saint-Germain-des-Prés and Quartier des Halles.

Quarter
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is one of the four administrative quarters of the , , located around the church of the former Abbey of .

Quarter
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Les Halles was 's central fresh food market. It last operated on 12 January 1973 and was replaced by an underground shopping centre and a park. The unpopular modernist development was demolished yet again in 2010, and replaced by the Westfield Forum des Halles, a modern built largely underground and topped by an undulating 2.5 hectare canopy.

Photo: Guilhem Vellut, CC BY 2.0.
The in travellers' terms generally refers to the "Left Bank" of the River Seine in the capital city of . The defies precise definition but generally refers to those arrondissements on the southern bank of the river as it flows…

Square du Vert-Galant

Latitude
48.8574° or 48° 51′ 27″ north
Longitude
2.34021° or 2° 20′ 25″ east
Inception
1884
Open location code
8FW4V84R+X3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 53570787
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Wiki­data ID
Q3495079
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In Other Languages

From Czech to Turkish—“Square du Vert-Galant” goes by many names.
  • Czech: “Square du Vert-Galant”
  • French: “Square du Vert Galant”
  • French: “square du Vert-Galant”
  • French: “Square du vert-galant”
  • French: “Square du Vert-Galant”
  • German: “Square du Vert-Galant”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Square du Vert-Galant”
  • Norwegian: “Square du Vert-Galant”
  • Russian: “Сквер Вэр Галан”
  • Slovak: “Square du Vert-Galant”
  • Swedish: “Square du Vert-Galant”
  • Turkish: “square du Vert-Galant”
  • Turkish: “Vert-Galant Bahçe-Meydanı”
  • “Square du Vert-Galant”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Square du Vert-Galant and Les Vedettes du Pont Neuf.

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