1. THE PARKS OF MARSEILLE By JOURNE Carla & OBERTI Pauline & LUISI Amandine

2. There are many parks and gardens in Marseille: -Parc du 26ème centenaire -Parc Borély -Parc Longchamps -Parc Pastré -Parc Athéna -Parc Chanot -Parc du Grand Séminaire -Parc Valmer -Parc François Billoux -Jardin du Pharo -Jardin de Corbières -Jardin du Bois-Sacré. If you go to Marseille, and if you want to visit parks, you should go to «Parc Borély» and «Parc Longchamps».

3. PARC BORELY Parck Borely is a public park in the city of Marseille, in France. Parc Borély was designed by Jean-Charles Alphand between 1860 and 1880. The park is 17 hectares in size. Parc Borély has three differents gardens: -a Garden “à la française”, facing the bastide, composed of two lawns. -a circular basin and a rectangual basin. -a double rows of trees, between the “avenue du Prado” and the gates of the park. An English landscape garden, on the west side of the park, surrounding a lake, and decorated with statues, fountain, a cascade, and a playground. There is also a miniature of “Notre-Dame de la Garde”.

4. PARC LONGCHAMPS Designed by the architect Henry Esperandieu, the palace was built arrond a fountain known as the chateau d'eau ("water castle"). It was created on the 15 of November 1839, the building took 30 years to complete. The palace is a monument located “Longchamp boulevard du Jardin Zoo”. The Parc Longchamps is 5 hectares in size. Before it was a zoo. The Palais Longchamp has three main parts: The “chateau d'eau” The east wing, which houses the “Musée des Beaux-Arts” The west wing, which houses the Museum “d'Histoire Naturelle”.

5. SOME PARKS Parc du 26ème Centenaire Parc Pastré Jardin du Pharo Parc Athéna

6. Parc du Grand Séminaire Jardin de Corbière Parc Valmer Parc François Billoux