Parc du 26e Centenaire, Public park and garden in 10th arrondissement, Marseille, France.
Parc du 26e Centenaire is a public park in Marseille's 8th arrondissement, on the site of the former Gare du Prado. Its long paved terrace, once a railroad platform, runs toward a wide V-shaped metal frame sheltering a lower walkway. The park covers eighteen hectares and includes a canal with twenty-six fountains and four themed gardens.
The site was previously the Gare du Prado railway station before being transformed in 1998. The city of Marseille replanted the land with thousands of shrubs and trees to create this garden space.
The space displays gardens inspired by different regions of the world. Walking through, you notice fragrant plants in the Provençal section, palms in the Arab-Andalusian area, sand dunes in the African garden, and a lake in the English-style section.
The park opens early in the morning and stays open until evening, with shorter hours in cooler months and later closing times during warmer months. Paved pathways make it easy to walk through all garden areas without difficulty.
Under the Arbre de l'Espérance, the names of 500,000 Marseille residents are inscribed in the ground. They are people who donated to the city for the park's construction and asked to be recorded there. A memorial postcard was printed before the inauguration in 2001.
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