Jardin du Ranelagh, Urban park in 16th arrondissement, Paris, France.
Jardin du Ranelagh is an urban park spanning about 6.5 hectares with winding paths, sculptures, and open lawns. Century-old chestnut and beech trees shade the grounds and create green spaces for walking and sitting.
The garden was created in 1860 by engineer Adolphe Alphand during Paris's Haussmann modernization. It was designed following English garden principles and transformed the site into a public space for the city.
A historic puppet theater here stages traditional performances from March to November, drawing families who return year after year. The garden serves as a gathering place where neighbors meet and children experience their first theatrical moments.
The garden has no fence and is open day and night, rare for a Paris park. Main entrances sit at the three corners: chaussée de la Muette, avenue Ingres and avenue Raphaël. Secondary ways in open on boulevard de Beauséjour (three pedestrian accesses and an underground corridor), rue Louis-Boilly and rue Alfred-Dehodencq. Metro line 9 stops at La Muette and Ranelagh, RER C at Boulainvilliers.
The garden's southern edge bordered the Petite Ceinture railway until 1985, and the Passy-la-Muette station served it; a footbridge linked it to Boulevard de Beauséjour. In October 1896 a temporary 160-metre landing pavilion was built along the tracks for Tsar Nicholas II and Alexandra, whose procession then crossed the garden by Avenue Ingres, Avenue Prudhon and Avenue Raphaël.
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