Édouard André Municipal Park

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Édouard André Municipal Park (French: Parc municipal Édouard André), also known as the City Park (Luxembourgish: Stater Park, French: Parc de la ville), is a public urban park in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. Located in the Ville Haute district, it forms a green belt around the west and north of the historic city centre. The park is traversed by Avenue Monterey, Avenue Émile Reuter and Avenue de la Porte Neuve, separating it into four distinct sections, and has a total area of 19 hectares (47 acres), making it the largest of Luxembourg City's 15 parks. The park's history goes back to the 1867 Treaty of London, which imposed the perpetual neutrality of Luxembourg and the dismantling of the city's vast fortifications. In 1871, French landscape architect Édouard André, known for his work on the Parc des Buttes Chaumont in Paris, was invited to design the new park, which he did in an English landscape garden style, benefitting from the uneven terrain left by the fortifications. The...

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