Identifier: parisenviro00karl (find matches)
Title: Paris and environs, with routes from London to Paris : handbook for travellers
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Karl Baedeker (Firm)
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Publisher: Leipzig, K. Baedeker

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by Samson in tlieLouis XVI. style for Count Boni de Castellane. At No. 59, Av. du Bois,is the Mus^e DEnnery (PI. R, 9), the mansion of the dramatistof that name (1811-99), and bequeathed by him to the state. The collec-tions comprise Chinese and Japanese curiosities, and have been enrichedby M. Clemenceaus gift of 3000 kogos (perfume-boxes). In 1910 theyield of M. Gayets latest excavations at Antinoe was likewise placedhere fcomp. p. 238). The museum is open daily from 12 to 4 or 5, exceptMon. and Sat. (closed in August). Curator, M. E. Deshayes. The *Bois de Boulogne (PL B, 6, 3; R, 6, 3, 2, 1), or simply/e Boijiy is a beautiful park of 2115 acres, bounded by the forti-fications of Paris on the E., the Seine on the W., Boulogne (p. 354)and the Boul. dAuteuil on the 8., and Neuilly (p. 232) on the N.It is a relic of the old Foret de Fouvray (roveretum, oak-forestj, which covered nearly the whole peninsula formed hereby the loop of the Seine. Princely mansions, like the Chateaux of II
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BOIS DE BOULOGNE. Bight Bavkii. 245 Madrid (p. 246), La Muette (p. 242), Bagatelle (p. 246), and thefamous Abbaye de LoDgchanip (p. 246), fringed its borders, but theforest was neglected, and was the resort of duellists and robbers.In 1853 it was presented by the state to the city, the latter under-taking to reclaim it and to maintain it in future. It was accord-ingly converted, at a cost of 220,000Z., into the present superbpark, the favourite promenade of the Parisians. The Bois is mostfrequented in the afternoon between 3 and 5 oclock or later, andis sometimes so crowded with carriages, motors, and bicycles thatthey cannot proceed beyond a walking pace. — The Fete des Fleurs,which takes place in June, is a brilliant scene (adm. 2fr.). Duringthe Longchamp races (p. 41j the Bois presents a scene of extra-ordinary animation. Just before entering the Bois by the Porte Maillot (p. 244) weobserve a monument erected in 1907 to Emile Levassor (d. 1897),engineer and builder of motor-cars:

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