Paris - Parc des Buttes Chaumont

This park - Parc des Buttes Chaumont - on one of the highest points in Paris, was laid out by Adolphe Alphand for Napoleon III in 1866-67 on what was then a bare (chauve, "bald") hill. It was designed on the English model as a terraced natural park. There is a small lake with an island 50m/165ft high crowned by a temple in the style of the little temple of Tivoli. There is a restaurant on the shores of the lake, on which rowing boats can be hired.