Near Montauban. Eiffel Tower, Moulin Rouge … In this unique park, he recreated Paris in miniature
Through Anthony Assemat
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It is a national attraction that is worth seeing. And an enchantment illuminated with the most beautiful effect at the end of each year since 1984. We mean here the park of Petit-Paris, which shines in the countryside of Tarn-et-Garonne, more preciselyt in Vaissac, east of Montauban.
All the most beautiful monuments of the capital
Le Petit-Paris is first and foremost a miniature reproduction of the city of Paris at scale 1/130e. With all the monuments that make Paris the City of Light and its international tourist reputation. The Louvre, the Moulin Rouge, the Elysée, the Haussmanian alleys drawn with a line, the tracks on the bank, the Arc de Triomphe, Montmartre and the Eiffel Tower, of course, are to be seen in a unique place nestled in an exotic garden. The result is striking!
>> Discover, in video, the reproduction of Paris in miniature <
He started his park at… 12 years old!
At the origin of this crazy, meticulous and remarkable achievement: Gerard Brion. A lover of Paris who made this miniature treasure the project of a lifetime… and on which he had been working since the age of 12 and who dressed, according to his calculations, nearly 15,000 visitors a year!
To achieve this incredible result, Gérard Brion did not skimp on the efforts since he had to 20,000 hours of work and 5,000 hours of study to reach the end of this titanic project that he carried at arm’s length.
And if Gérard Brion got there, it is thanks to a certain Michel Drucker, at the time of his show “Champs-Elysées”. The imagination has gained ground and today he takes care of his baby full time, he who is a model designer and draftsman by profession. A Petit-Paris that has a renowned godfather in the person of the actor and writer Lorànt Deutsch, a lover and connoisseur of the Capital.
An expansion project … but not in Occitanie
For several years, the creator of Petit-Paris pursues a project to expand the park… but elsewhere than in Occitania, in Champagne, in Charente-Maritime, More precisely. Where he plans to quintuple the area of the premises and create a little train immersed in his mini capital!
Hours: until April 30, 2022, open daily from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. Open weekends, public holidays and school vacations from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. (In winter, closed in the morning).
For Christmas lights, open from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. until January 9, 2022.
Prices: 5/7 euros (free for children under 3).
More info on the site’s Facebook page and website.
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