Parc de Gerland
| Parc de Gerland Park of Gerland |
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| Park in Lyon | ||
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| place | Lyon | |
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Gerland 7th arrondissement |
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| Newly designed | 2000 | |
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| Park design |
Volksgarten Hochstaudenflur flower house |
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| Parking area | 18 ha | |
45 ° 43 '21.5 " N , 4 ° 49' 24.7" E
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The Parc de Gerland (also Park of the Confluence ) is an extensive green area in the south of Lyon on a former industrial site.,
particularities
The facility was planned in 1996 and comprises 80 hectares dedicated to recreation, sporting activities and the discovery of the flora. The landscape architect Michel Corajoud was commissioned with the first two construction phases (2000 and 2006) . The building supervision lay with the Communauté urbaine de Lyon .
Park Gerland has two areas of 10 and 2 hectares, a series of playgrounds and separate areas, a skate park and a botanical garden called " Megaphorbiaie ".
Since the Gerland stadium is next door, the finals of the archery championship were held in this park in 2007 and 2012.
Web links
Commons : Parc de Gerland - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Presentation du parc de Gerland sur le site du Grand Lyon (communauté urbaine de Lyon)
- Presentation of the parc de Gerland on the site of the ville de Lyon
Individual evidence
- ^ Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelles: Le parc de Gerland . rhone-alpes.culture.gouv.fr . Retrieved December 7, 2018.
- ↑ Yannick Salliot: Le Parc de Gerland à Lyon . corajoudmichel.nerim.net . 2008. Accessed December 7, 2018.
- ↑ Lyon Tourisme et Congrès: Parc de gerland - Parc du Confluent . rhonetourisme.com . 2011. Accessed December 7, 2018.