Bercy Village - Cour St. Émilion

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9020319383/" title="2012 Mar 27 Paris_035DSC_4149 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Mar 27 Paris_035DSC_4149" height="800" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5446/9020319383_3f9c9362b6_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Cour Saint-Émilion</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Bercy Village consists largely of small wine warehouses from the late 19th century.  The tracks seen in the paved courtyard above were originally used to transport barrels of wine in and out of the warehouses.  For more than a century and up until 1960, the Bercy neighborhood was a vast wine market.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Although some may complain that this has become a tourist attraction with its shops, bars, and restaurants, the architecture has been preserved (along with the rail tracks), and it has the feel of a historic village.  It is at the southeast end of Le Parc de Bercy and is easily accessed by Line 14, Métro Cour St. Émilion.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cour Saint-Émilion</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Bercy Village</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75012, Paris</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Bercy Village - Cour St. Émilion

Cour Saint-Émilion Bercy Village consists largely of small wine warehouses from the late 19th century.  The tracks seen in the paved courtya...

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