Introduction
Situated on the right bank of the Seine river, Bercy was connected to the wine region of Burgundy via the river. The Bercy area also had a train station, now dismantled, which served as a direct line to the wine country.The demolition of the fortifications of Thiers in 1919 also took down some of the the warehouses here. Bercy was then incorporated into the City of Paris and lost its non-tax advantage.
With improved technology for the storage of wine as well as wine starting to be bottled at the place of production and the changing of the railroad lines, the wine warehouses of Bercy were in decline.
By 1950, the warehouses were suffering and by the 1970s they were completely abandoned. In 1979, the majority of the warehouses were demolished. To preserve the memory of the history of the area, a vineyard is planted in the Parc de Bercy.
| Lat: | 48.8589 |
| Lng: | 2.34756 |
| Type: | |
| Region: | Europe |
| Scale: | District |
| Field: | Landscape |
| City: | Paris |