Audio GuideSquare du Temple - Elie Wiesel
English landscaped botanical garden with a pool & waterfall, lawns, rare trees & Jewish memorial.
Park
Paris, France
Square du Temple - Elie Wiesel is a historic city garden in the third arrondissement of Paris, located on the northern edge of the Marais district. It was established in eighteen fifty-seven as part of Haussmann's extensive city remodel. This garden occupies a portion of the land that was once the site of the medieval Templar compound.
The square is named in honour of Elie Wiesel, a celebrated author and Holocaust survivor, to acknowledge his contributions and the significance of remembrance. Within the garden, visitors can find a statue paying tribute to the chansonnier Pierre-Jean de Béranger, where an original bronze from eighteen seventy-nine was replaced by a stone sculpture in nineteen fifty-three by Henri Lagriffoul. Additionally, there is a bust commemorating B. Wilhelm, one of the pioneers of the French Orphéon, alongside its promoter Eugène Delaporte. A moving memorial stone stands in memory of eighty-five Jewish children who were deported during World War Two and tragically never had a normal childhood.
The garden is home to a diverse range of plant life, featuring seventy-three trees and nearly two hundred different plant species, including several exotic varieties such as the Byzantine hazelnut and ginkgo biloba. Its ecological value was affirmed with the EcoJardin certification by ÉCOCERT in two thousand fourteen.
Architectural points of interest include a music pavilion from nineteen hundred, an iron gate by Gabriel Davioud, and an artificial waterfall constructed from Fontainebleau rocks. Facilities for visitors include a playground for children, inviting lawns which are accessible from mid-April to mid-October, and graceful fountains.
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