Tunisia Pavilion, Jardin d'Agronomie Tropicale

Tunisia Pavilion, built for the 1907 Colonial Exhibition, in the Jardin d'Agronomie Tropicale, or Garden of Tropical Agronomy, in the Bois de Vincennes in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. There are plans to restore this building. Endemic laurels, maples and hazel trees have now replaced the tropical garden here. The garden was first established in 1899 to conduct agronomical experiments on plants of French colonies. In 1907 it was the site of the Colonial Exhibition and many pavilions were built or relocated here. The garden has since become neglected and many structures overgrown, damaged or destroyed, with most of the tropical vegetation disappeared. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen

Picture No

13437663

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45130531

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7087px x 4368px (14.1MB)

Credit

Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

Source

Photograph by Manuel Cohen