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The Parc de la Tête d'Or is a public urban park located in Lyon, one of the largest in France.

Work of the brothers Denis and Eugène Bühler, the park was opened in 1857 while the work was not completed. It is exactly contemporary with Central Park in New York, created the same year. The park was enriched with many buildings such as the large greenhouses in 1865, the velodrome, the guards' chalet and the chalet in 1894, the fence in 1896, the collection greenhouses in 1899, the war memorial on Île aux Cygnes between 1914 and 1930 or the new rose garden between 1961 and 1964.

Today managed by the city of Lyon and the real heart of the agglomeration, the park offers 117 hectares of vast natural expanse in the heart of the city. It is accessed by eight entrances, the last having been opened in 2009, at the level from the Cité Internationale esplanade.

Various events, films, theatre, exhibitions and others make it a high place of Lyon culture. The Zoological Garden of Lyon takes place within it.

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