Jardin Tropical Paris
Boarded up and crumbling buildings at the garden of tropical agronomy near paris.
Jardin tropical paris. The jardin d agronomie tropicale dates to before the colonial exhibition. Paris s jardin tropical clea caulcutt traces of the exotic can still be found in the shape of an etched palm tree on benin s pavilion or a couple of mosaics on tunisia s pavilion. The jardin d agronomie tropicale an overgrown park in the bois de vincennes hosted paris s 1907 colonial exposition.
During the colonial exhibition of paris in 1907 five villages were installed in this exotic garden. Epoque coloniale et exposition universelle de 1907 a paris en bordure du bois de vincennes au 45 bis avenue de la belle gabrielle se trouve l entrée du jardin tropical également appelé jardin d agronomie tropicale rené dumont. La station de métro la plus proche est château de vincennes sur la ligne 1 distante de.
Il abrite des vestiges de l exposition coloniale de 1907 serres tropicales monuments ponts asiatiques à moitié recouverts par la végétation. Le jardin d agronomie tropicale se situe en bordure du bois de vincennes et à proximité de nogent sur marne. It was started in 1899 as a laboratory to test how to better cultivate plants both tropical and non native for growth in.
The jardin d agronomie tropical the garden of tropical agronomy was created in 1899 at the edge of the bois de vincennes by agronomists that were carrying out the experiments on the reproduction of plants like coffee cocoa vanilla and banana from the french colonies. Dès l entrée vous pourrez admirer cette grande porte chinoise. Paris france see all sitting in a corner of the bois de vincennes the jardin d agronomie tropicale or the garden of tropical agriculture is a true curiosity.
In 1907 it became the site of a colonial exposition and native villages and pavilions representing the french colonial empire were. The hauntingly beautiful jardin tropical le jardin tropical was originally an agricultural research center whose purpose was to increase yields in crops raised in france s colonies. Le jardin tropical est situé tout à l est du bois de vincennes à la lisière de nogent sur marne quasiment au point le plus oriental de paris l unique accès se fait par le côté sud est sur l avenue de la belle gabrielle la station de rer la plus proche est nogent sur marne 400 m au nord est.
Visitors can still find the ruins. The zoo called le jardin d agronomie tropicale was actually set up as an experimental.