Bercy
Bercy , an independent municipality until 1860, is now the 47th of the 80 quarters of Paris . It is located in the east of the city on the Rive Droite called the right bank of the Seine and belongs to the 12th arrondissement .
The name of the district goes back to the former Bercy Castle, which the Finance Minister of Louis XIV, Charles-Henry I de Malon de Bercy had built from 1658 by the architect François le Vau at the gates of Paris. In the course of the railway construction, the castle was demolished in 1861. Much of the valuable furniture is now in various museums, including the Louvre. Two preserved side pavilions of the castle are located near the city motorway in Rue Marius-Delcher.
Limits
The district is bounded to the northwest by Rue Villiot and Rue de Rambouillet , to the northeast by Rue de Charenton , to the south by Boulevard Périphérique and to the southwest by the river Seine.
Two bridges, the Pont de Bercy and the Pont de Tolbiac , and also a pedestrian walkway, the Passerelle Simone de Beauvoir , connect the district with the 13th arrondissement .
Attractions
Bercy has undergone extensive urban redevelopment that began in the early 1980s. In place of the former wholesale wine market, the Parc de Bercy with the multi-purpose sports hall Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy , which is also used for rock concerts, was created in the east by the new Ministry of Economics, Finance and Labor (often called Bercy for short ) . In the northern part of the park is home to the former American Center of Frank Gehry today the Cinémathèque Française , which it has a museum and a theme-based research library. One of the wine halls to the east has been preserved as the Musée des arts forains . In the alley Cours de St-Emilion, originally preserved with railroad tracks, there are still some restored wine stores with shops and restaurants as a tourist attraction.
Coordinates: 48 ° 50 ' N , 2 ° 23' E