Parc de la Toison d'or, Urban park in northern Dijon, France.
Parc de la Toison d'or is an urban green space in northern Dijon featuring a large pond, children's play areas, and recreational courts. The grounds include facilities for mini-golf, table tennis, and roller skating spread across the landscape.
The site began as an amusement park in 1990 but faced financial challenges within a few years. It was converted into a public park in 1993 and has remained open to the community since then.
The name refers to the Greek myth of the Golden Fleece, and the amusement park's mascot was a golden ram. The shopping centre next door, opened in 1990, shares the name. The park was also called the recreational park of the Toison d'or, the fuller name being shortened in everyday use.
The park lies beside the Toison d'or shopping centre in northern Dijon, on 15.5 hectares that once held the amusement park. A pale grey asphalt path curves through lawns planted with trees, with a low grassy embankment behind it. The city of Dijon has managed the grounds since the 15 November 1993 deliberation opening them to the public.
The amusement park's mascot was a golden ram, a nod to the Golden Fleece myth. Its rides were dispersed after the 1993 closure: the old carousel went to the Jardin d'Acclimatation in Paris until its 2018 renovation, and now operates in Corsica.
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