Monceau Park

In the 1770s, the Duke of Chartres had a pavilion – a ‘folly’ – built in the heart of a French formal garden, which was later transformed into a larger Anglo-Chinese-style garden. Seized as national property during the Revolution, the park – which was in a sorry state and had been reduced in size – was redeveloped and inaugurated by Napoleon III in 1861 with the addition of new features: the gilded railings, the stream and its bridge, the waterfall and the grotto. It is one of the most elegant gardens in Paris.