Vincennes Zoo

The Zoo de Vincennes, near Lac Daumesnil at the west end of the Bois, was established for the Colonial Exhibition of 1931. Laid out on a spacious scale, it fits harmoniously into the landscape of the Bois de Vincennes. Within its 17 hectares/42 acres it houses some 600 mammals and 1,200 birds in numerous large enclosures, with heated cages for winter. From the 72m/236ft high artificial (concrete) crag in the center of the Zoo there are views of the Bois de Vincennes, with the Château, and (in clear weather) eastern Paris.