The Jardin Darcy is Dijon's first public garden, and dedicated to hydraulic engineer Henry Darcy (1803-58). On this site Darcy constructed a reservoir in 1838 to supply the city with drinking water. The architect Félix Vionnois built a neo-Renaissance garden here in 1880. Another tribute is the monument at the top of the garden by Émile Sagot, with its bust of Darcy.
Famously, Christian-Jaque's 1966 film La Seconde Vérité, starring Michèle Mercier and Robert Hossein, contains a scene shot here.
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