Canal de l’Ourcq

Revisiting the 19th Arrondissement

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August 28, 2025 The 19th is Buttes-Chaumont. It takes its name from the steep heights that later became the park inaugurated under Napoleon III. In December of 2021, I explored the Buttes-Chaumont and more and wrote about the 19th Arrondissement.  I went back today to spend a little more time. Parc De La Villette La … Read more

The 19th Arrondissement

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December 2021 The 19th  is crossed by two canals, the Canal Saint-Denis and the Canal de l’Ourcq, which meet near the Parc de la Villette. On the Canal de l’Ourcq, one will find a metal lift bridge, the Pont de Flandre, linking the Quai de l’Oise to the Quai de la Marne. Commissioned in 1885 … Read more