Jardin Marguerite Long

The Jardin Marguerite Long sits tucked behind a plain iron fence, identifiable by the dense wall of ivy and the mature trees that rise above the stone perimeter. It occupies the former site of a railway trench from the Petite Ceinture, the old line that once circled Paris. Marguerite Long, a legendary French pianist who lived nearby, held salon gatherings that drew the finest composers of her time. The city converted this quiet slice of land into a public garden in her name.