Places · 19th — Buttes-Chaumont · Parc des Buttes-Chaumont

Parc des Buttes-Chaumont

1 Rue Botzaris, 75019 Paris · · 19th — Buttes-Chaumont · 19e arrondissement

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The most dramatic park in Paris — cliffs, a temple, a suspension bridge.

Napoleon III commissioned this 25-hectare park in 1867 on a former gypsum quarry. There's a lake, a 30-meter cliff, and a Roman-style temple. Climb to the temple for the best free view of Sacré-Cœur.