Trocadéro, Public garden in 16th arrondissement, Paris, France
Trocadéro is a public garden in the 16th arrondissement of Paris that extends from Palais de Chaillot to the Seine riverbank and spreads across nine hectares. Wide pedestrian paths run through lawns and alongside long water basins that flow between the terraces and the river.
The current garden was created for the international exhibition of 1937 and replaced the old palace garden from the 19th century. Architects redesigned the terraces and water basins and adapted the layout to match the modern architecture of Palais de Chaillot.
The name comes from the palace built in 1878 to commemorate the Battle of Trocadero. Families and street performers regularly gather on the terraces, where children dodge the water jets and walkers pause on the steps facing the Eiffel Tower.
The Trocadéro metro station on lines 6 and 9 sits at the upper end of the garden near the palace. The site remains accessible year-round and offers many benches along the paths to enjoy the fountains and the view.
Bronze sculptures from the 1930s stand among the trees and along the basins, showing human figures in different poses. The Fontaine de Varsovie in the lower basin creates water columns that rise twelve meters high and reach up to fifty meters during certain displays.
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