This historic Parisian field once hosted executions and balloon flights before becoming the city’s most magical picnic spot (and the Eiffel Tower’s perfect dance partner)
Champ de Mars is Paris’s most captivating public garden, but it wasn’t always the idyllic picnic spot tourists know today. Originally a military training ground (its name honors Mars, the Roman god of war), this 25-hectare green space witnessed early balloon flights, guillotine executions during the Revolution, and hosted multiple World’s Fairs before becoming the … Lire plus