Jardin des Archives-Nationales, Historic garden in the Marais district, Paris, France.
This garden covers roughly 86,000 square feet and features four connected green spaces with lawns, tree-lined pathways, and a romantic design influenced by 18th and 19th-century landscaping traditions.
The garden opened to the public in 2011 and incorporates grounds from five former private mansions, including the Hôtel de Soubise, which date back several centuries and reflect aristocratic Parisian life.
The site preserves the evolution of French garden design and serves as an outdoor extension of the National Archives, linking landscape heritage with the nation's administrative and documentary history.
Access is free and available year-round with hours from 8 am to 5 pm in fall and winter and until 7 pm in spring and summer, with entrances at 87 Rue Vieille du Temple and 11 Rue des Quatre-Fils.
One of the gardens contains an Indian horse chestnut tree that is the only specimen of its kind in Paris, offering a rare botanical feature within this historic urban setting.
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