Park of Schappe, history

First of all, the two slopes on the banks of the Durance had to be developed into terraces, which had previously been former quarries. An original and ingenious process was used to transport the earth to fill these terraces: it was poured into the large city canal and the Reymondières canal by dozens of soldiers. The creation of the lake was made possible by the abundance of water. Spanned by a Japanese bridge, it is 2 metres deep in its centre and the bottom is covered with a paving of...