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Jardin Anglais

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The Jardin anglais (literally "English garden") is an urban park in Geneva , Switzerland , situated at the location of an ancient harbor and a wood. It marks the beginning of the Quai Gustave-Ador .

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2-767: The park was created in 1855. In 1863 the building process of the Pont du Mont-Blanc changed the park to its actual form – a trapezoid/trapezium of 25430 m. The Park hosts the Le monument national and the L'horloge fleurie (or Flower clock), besides several pavilions, a sculpted bronze fountain by Alexis Andre and a coffeehouse. Annually, it hosts the Geneva Christmas Market. 46°12′14″N 6°09′07″E  /  46.204°N 6.152°E  / 46.204; 6.152 Pont du Mont-Blanc The Pont du Mont-Blanc , sometimes anglicized as Mont Blanc Bridge ,

4-633: Is a major bridge in Geneva . It connect the quarters of the left banks of the Rhône to those of the right banks. It is a major north–south road axis in the Canton of Geneva , since its inauguration in 1862. The bridge is about 250 metre-long. The bridge is named after Mont Blanc , the highest massif in the Alps , well visible from Geneva. The bridge notably marks the transition between Lake Geneva , in particular

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