Hektoen International

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Tag: Bois de Boulogne

  • The Bois de Boulogne of Paris 

    The Bois de Boulogne, spanning 2,090 acres on the western edge of Paris, was originally a hunting ground for the kings of France, from King Dagobert, who used this forest to hunt bears and deer, to his  grandson Childeric II who gave the forest to the Abbey of Saint-Denis, and to King Philip Augustus, who…