Jardin du Luxembourg Totally Explained

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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.
   These gardens include a large fenced-in playground that's very popular with local young children and their parents. Adjacent to it's a 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 many people enjoy the music over a glass of wine.
   The garden is famed for its calm atmosphere. 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.
   Open 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 Chaara 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 is where Marius meets Jean Valjean and Cosette in Les Misérables.
George Orwell spent his time there when he was Down and Out in Paris and London, (in Paris in this case).
The first model of the Statue of Liberty is found here

Image:Luxembourg Garden.JPG|Gardens in front of the Palais de Luxembourg Image:Luco2.jpg|People relaxing in the "Luco" Image:Saint Bathilde2.JPG|Statue of St. Bathilde, Queen of France in the 7th century Image:French Senate seen from Luxembourg Gardens dsc00746.jpg|The Luxembourg Palace seen from the garden Image:Luxemburg-Garden.jpg|Panoramic view of the Jardin du Luxembourg Image:Fontaine_MarieMedicis.jpg|Marie de Médicis' fountain, now with Polyphemus Surprising Acis and Galatea, by Auguste Ottin (1866) Image:Jardin du Luxembourg.JPG|Borders of annuals in August Image:Philippe Joseph Henri Lemaire-Archidamas- Jardin du Luxembourg.jpg|A version of the Arrotino under a beech Image:Jardluc.jpg|Fontaine de l'Observatoire, at southern end Image:Statue de la liberte.jpg|Statue of Liberty
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