Parc de Champagne, Historical monument park in Reims, France.
Parc de Champagne is a landscaped park on avenue du Général-Giraud in Reims, created from 1909 for the Pommery champagne house. A white wooden pavilion with a slatted balustrade stands on the lawn, and behind it a building with white walls, a steep reddish-brown tiled roof, orange-yellow timber framing, a multi-paned window and a green door.
The Marquis de Polignac had the park built from 1909 for Pommery's champagne-cellar workers; it opened to them in 1911 and was inaugurated by President Poincaré on 19 October 1913. In 1913 it hosted the Collège d'Athlètes, France's first physical-education centre and cradle of Georges Hébert's method. Damaged in the First World War, it was rebuilt by Édouard Redont and Ernest Kalas, and its remains were inscribed as monuments historiques on 6 September 2004.
The park serves as a gathering place where locals experience the deep connection between Reims and its champagne-making heritage. Walking through the grounds, you notice how the landscape reflects the region's wine-growing traditions that still shape the city's identity today.
The park is open daily and offers multiple areas for walking and spending time outdoors. Visitors should wear sturdy footwear, especially after rain when paths may be wet, and allow time to explore the different sections at a relaxed pace.
The park holds a memorial to the heroes of the Armée noire, honouring African colonial troops enlisted in the French army during the First World War. It replaced an interwar monument destroyed by the Germans in September 1940; an identical monument stands in Bamako, Mali.
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