People relaxing in front of the Luxembourg Palace

The Jardin du Luxembourg (familiar nickname Luco) is a 224,500 m² public park and the largest in the city located in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France. Luxembourg is the garden of the French Senate, which is itself housed in the Luxembourg Palace. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2000x3008, 1179 KB) People relaxing infront of the Luxembourg Palace. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2000x3008, 1179 KB) People relaxing infront of the Luxembourg Palace. ... For the Korean family name Park, see Korean name. ... The 6e arrondissement is one of the central arrondissements of Paris, France. ...   City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Région ÃŽle-de-France Département Paris (75) Subdivisions 20 arrondissements Mayor Bertrand Delanoë  (PS) (since 2001) City Statistics Land area... The Senate amphitheater in the Luxembourg Palace The Senate (in French :le Sénat) is the upper house of the Parliament of France. ... Luxembourg Palace The Luxembourg Palace in the VIe arrondissement of Paris, north of the Luxembourg Garden, is where the French Senate meets. ...

The palace and gardens were built by architect Salomon de Brosse for Marie de' Medici from 1615 to 1627. Portrait of Marie de Medici. ...

The gardens include a large, fenced-in playground that's very popular with local younger children and their parents and adjacent to it there's an excellent puppet theatre and a merry-go-round. On occasion, pony rides are also available. In addition, free musical performances are presented in a gazebo on the grounds and there's an anonymous, inexpensive restaurant nearby, under the trees, with both indoor and outdoor seating from which you can enjoy the music over a glass of wine.

The garden is enjoyable for its calm. On the little pond children play with miniature boats. The garden contains various statues and sculptures. Surrounding the pond are a series of statues of former French queens. The École nationale supérieure des Mines de Paris and the Odéon theatre stand next to the Luxembourg Garden. An Italian Futurist sculpture by Umberto Boccioni at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City (MoMA). ... The École nationale supérieure des Mines de Paris (also known as École des Mines de Paris, ENSMP, les Mines, Mines Paris) is one of the French generalist and most prominent engineering Grandes Ecoles. ... The Odéon is a theater in Paris, France. ...

Opening hours depend on the month: opening between 7:30 and 8:15 am; closing between 4:45 and 9:45 pm.

Trivia

• On December 7, 1815, Marshal of France Michel Ney was executed here by firing squad after having been convicted on a charge of treason for joining Napoléon Bonaparte during the Hundred Days.
• There is also a painting by Henri Matisse entitled Luxembourg Gardens. It was stolen during an armed robbery of the Chacara do Ceu museum where it was housed.
• The Luxembourg Garden (and its boat lake) features prominently in the French in Action instructional television series.
• Features in the classic children's picture book Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans.
• The garden was where Marius met Jean Valjean and Cosette in Les Misérables.

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Images

People relaxing in the "Luco"

Statue of St. Bathilde, Queen of France in the 7th Century

The Luxembourg Palace seen from the garden

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Panoramic view of the Jardin du Luxembourg

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External links

• The Jardin du Luxembourg - Current and old photographs of the garden, statues, fountains
• Photographs of the Jardin du Luxembourg (and photographs of the exposure “Human Size” in the garden )
• The Luxembourg Gardens at Twilight - One of a series of paintings featuring the gardens by American (b. Italy) artist John Singer Sargent
• [http://geocities.com/rezdechausee The Luxembourg can be quite a walk if you begin at the Palace and walk towards the Observatory. Most people never make it to the superb Fontaine des Quatre Saisons. Click on Observatory for a picture and location.

Self Portrait, oil painting, 1907 John Singer Sargent (January 12, 1856 – April 14, 1925) was the most successful portrait painter of his era, as well as a gifted landscape painter and watercolorist. ...

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