Parc Monceau includes statues of famous French figures including Guy de Maupassant, Frédéric Chopin, Charles Gounod, Ambroise Thomas, Alfred de Musset, and Edouard Pailleron. Today, the park has play areas for children and remains very popular with local residents and their families. The site is an active free Wi-Fi area, for computer users looking for Internet access. Parc Monceau is open daily from sunrise to sunset, with extended hours in the summer months. There are nine gated entries that are monitored by a fifth-generation park watchman who lives above the royal rotunda at the north entrance. The park is listed as grade II semi-private and the six private residences located directly on the park have twenty-four-hour access to the grounds. Access The entrance to Paris Métro station Monceau is located at the park's main entrance on Boulevard de Courcelles. See also List of parks and gardens in Paris Musée Cernuschi, located nearby Listing of the works of Alexandre Falguière The works of Antonin Mercié Bibliography Dominique Jarrassé, Grammaire des Jardins Parisiens, Parigramme, Paris (2007) () References External links Parc Monceau — current photographs and of the years 1900. Monceau, Parc 8th arrondissement of Paris Rotundas (architecture) French landscape gardens