Bassin de l'Arsenal
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The Bassin de l'Arsenal is a boat basin in Paris. It links the Canal Saint-Martin, which begins at the Place de la Bastille, to the Seine, at the Quai de la Rapée. A component of the Réseau des Canaux
Bassin de l'Arsenal and Colonne de Juillet at night.
The destruction of the Bastille with the fossé (ditch) in the foreground. The fossé was later converted into the Bassin de l'Arsenal.
Port de l'Arsenal, Colonne de Juillet and Opera Bastille
Bassin de la Villette
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The Bassin de la Villette is the largest artificial lake in Paris. It was filled with water on 2 December 1808. Located in the 19th arrondissement of the capital, it links the Canal de l'Ourcq to the
The Bassin de la Villette
The Saint-Martin barrier and the canal at the beginning of the 19th century, by Christophe Civeton.
View from the Rotonde de la Villette towards the old warehouses
The Lifting bridge at Rue de Crimée