Parc de Bercy, Urban park in 12th arrondissement, France.
Parc de Bercy is a 14-hectare urban park along the Seine River, designed with three distinct garden sections connected by footbridges and walking paths. The layout combines open lawns and ornamental gardens with historic wine warehouse structures preserved throughout the grounds.
The park occupies the site of the Bercy wine warehouses, which in the early 20th century formed the largest wine market in the world. Development began in 1994 on a 14-hectare project sponsored by President François Mitterrand, and Mayor Jean Tiberi officially opened the park three years later, in 1997. Rails, a chai and paved roadways from the depot remain in the grounds.
The original wine warehouse buildings scattered throughout the grounds tell the story of what this place once was. Visitors walking here encounter the art installation Children of the World by Rachid Khimoune, which sits within the garden spaces.
The park is accessible through Bercy and Cour Saint-Émilion metro stations, with entrances on both the Seine riverside and the AccorHotels Arena side. These multiple entry points let visitors enter from different directions depending on where they are coming from.
The park keeps rails from the internal network of the former wine warehouses, which linked to the Paris-Bercy goods station that handled most of the wine arriving in the city. A chai, where wine was once bottled, and the warehouse keepers' house also remain in the central Parterres.
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