La Grande pagode

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With its red-painted façade and sloping roof, jade tiles and other Chinese architectural features, it’s such an anomaly, in dramatic contrast to the typical fine Haussmann buildings of the 8 th arr. La fontaine contient, dans sa totalité, 1360 ensembles de pompes, 1124 ensembles de transducteurs, 3300 séries de lanternes chinoises et plus de 2000 jeux d’embouts. Bois de Vincennes Bois de Vincennes, 75012 Paris, France Patrimoine de l'Exposition coloniale de 1931 Zoological Park of Paris – intersection of Avenue Daumesnil and Route de Ceinture du Lac Daumesnil, Paris 12th La Pagode closed. Then, in 1931, its doors reopened and voila! La Pagode had reincarnated into a cinema! The only cinema ever in the distinguished 7th arrondissement. The program catered to serious cinéphiles showing quality avant-garde films.

A Tibetan Buddhist temple named Kagyu-Dzong was built in the 1980s in front of the Pagode which offers many activities with a variety of French and Asian teachers. Thus, people can learn the basics of Buddhism and meditation, participate in a yoga session or take a Japanese calligraphy class, or perhaps a Tibetan language lesson. A tour of Buddhist art at the Pagode du Vincennes. It was originally a h ôtel particulier, constructed in 1880 in the Louis Philippe style of classic 19 th century Haussmann buildings. But by the 20 th century, things were changing. In 1903 a wealthy art dealer named Ching Tsai Loo moved to Paris. He had galleries in New York and Paris supplying American museums with Chinese artefacts—these activities earned him widespread criticism for removing culturally valuable artworks from China and selling them to the West. In the 1990’s the difficulty to run two screens was a major problem. Gaumont, who had operated the Pagode since 1979 decided to quit, and a new owner of the building intended to open a restaurant, but the Ministry of Culture decided to upgrade the Landmark status of the building together with its garden, with the obligation for it to remain a cinema.The Paris zoo is open daily from 9.30am to 8.30pm from 1 May to 31 August, with late openings (from 9pm to 1am) every Thursday from June to mid-August. This extraordinary era in La Pagode’s history continued until 1927 when the hosts could no longer carry on. The property was put up for sale. However, due to the unusual architecture, offers were not pouring in. For a few years La Pagode languished idly… until… a Chinese diplomatic delegation showed up. They were in search of a building for their embassy. They thought La Pagode’s architecture was perfectly suitable.

The garden of tropical agronomy was set up in 1899 as a research centre. Seeds and cuttings from coffee, banana, rubber, cacao and vanilla trees and vines were carefully selected and shipped to the French colonies to be cultivated on a large scale. Wandering through its pathways, you will come upon crumbling country pavilions – the Congo, French Guyana, Indochina, Morocco, the Reunion Islands, Tunisia – amid bamboo groves and tropical plants. One section of the garden is run by V’Île fertile, an urban farm that uses bio-intensive gardening techniques and makes its own compost from organic waste. The farm produces a range of vegetables all year round and sells them on the first Sunday of each month, from 3pm to 5pm. They also organize vegetable-growing and DIY-focused guided tours and activities.

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Par ailleurs, elle est équipée d’un système d'éclairage de haute technologie et d’un système audio très professionnel. Le plus étonnant: le son, la lumière, l’eau et les couleurs de la fontaine se combinent harmonieusement. This place, a former munitions factory (with a distinctive blue gate) was converted in 1970 by the theatre director Ariane Mnouchkine into a space for artistic creation by her theatre company, theThéâtre du Soleil. There are now five independent theatres (and bars) here staging year-round performances in the middle of the Bois de Vincennes. A treat for serious drama fans.

Le temple qui a 13 cours séparées, contenait 1879 magnifiques pièces et il était un endroit important dans la Dynastie Tang. Cependant, il entrait dans une période de déclin après la chute de la Dynastie Tang. Les halls et les pièces qui ont échappé aux temps sont des structures rénovées pendant la Dynastie Ming. Pendant la dynastie Tang, une chambre de traductions a été construite pour les Ecritures saintes bouddhistes. Used as a royal residence in medieval times, the 14th-century Château de Vincennes (also called the Fortress of Vincennes) was built on a limestone plateau, not on top of a hill like most other fortified castles. It is best known for its keep (the highest in Europe), used for many years as a state prison. Voltaire, Fouquet, the Marquis of Sade, Diderot and Mirabeau were imprisoned here. It was the birthplace of Louis XIV, who however preferred to live in Versailles. The castle was gradually abandoned, and later variously used as a porcelain factory, an arsenal and a bakery. It is one of the largest and best-preserved vestiges of the Middle Ages in Europe. The three Paris Pagodas are as visually startling, unexpected delights today as they were when first created.

In 1931, the Pagoda is reopened after interior arrangements to house a cinema. Specialized in the projection of films in original version, the establishment is in 1956 one of the first cinemas labeled "Art and Essay" and several filmmakers choose the Pagoda for their first. A favorite location for New Wave filmmakers in the 1960s, it has a second basement room in 1973, and its facade is renovated, the small Japanese garden next to the complex is also restored. This facelift is decided by the filmmaker Louis Malle, who then directs the Pagoda, before the Gaumont company took the reins of this institution of the 7th art at Paris in 1979. The Parc Floral is the biggest park in Paris. Whatever the season, there is always something of interest in this 28-hectare expanse, from the cherry trees in flower in spring to the park’s 420 dahlia varieties in late summer. It’s perfect for a family outing: you can have a picnic by the lake next to the Valley of Flowers, explore the butterfly garden and admire the amazing bonsai collection. Kids can play mini-golf or take part in the ‘Balade insolite’, an educational treasure hunt in the midst of nature. The Parc Floral also has an excellent cultural programme, hosting the Pestacles children’s festival, the Paris Jazz Festival and the Classique au vert classical music festival, plus such as Nature et Vinsand the Animal Expo. Le style de l'architecture chinoise traditionnelle a été aussi utilisé dans la construction de la pagode. Les fentes sur chaque côté de la pagode sont clairement visibles. L’architecture de la pagode avec son apparence solennelle, son style simple et sa haute structure est un bon exemple d'architecture traditionnelle chinoise. Histoire With a clever first run art movie programming and a brilliant restoration of the main auditorium, which now seats 212, the result was a huge success.