Cities need trees. They add colour, texture, and welcome shade
in summer. On benches nearby are parents
with kids, teenagers, students, workers grabbing lunch, older people, chatting,
eating sandwiches, or just sitting and watching the world.
Paris has lots of trees, along the streets,
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| Sunday morning market - Boulevard Richard Lenoir |
along the banks of the Seine,
in hidden courtyards, and small squares
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| Place du Marché Sainte Catherine in the Marais |
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especially in its public parks – the Jardin des Tuileries, with its formal
gardens, its pools and clipped trees,
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| The Tuileries |
the gardens below the Sacré-Cœur in Montmartre,
the Place des Vosges,
the
oasis of the Jardins du Palais Royal
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| Palais Royal |
and the delights of the Jardin du Luxembourg
beyond the Boul’Mich.
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| Fontaine Medicis, Jardin du Luxembourg |
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| Gathering for a concert in the Luxembourg |
In one or two places there is greenery going up the walls:-
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| Hotel de Sully |
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| not far from the Pompidou centre |
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