Place Fréhel, Square in Belleville, Paris, France

Place Fréhel is a rectangular pedestrian square in the Belleville quarter of Paris, formed at the intersection of Rue de Belleville and Rue Julien-Lacroix. It is bordered on its other two sides by mostly blind building facades. The paved surface is marked with orange graffiti, and a covered seating area with blue metal posts, light wood and white tarpaulin roofing, tables and chairs, and red and blue barrel planters stands along one side. Signs reading "POPULAIRE" hang from the frame, and a tall painted mural rises behind.

Place Fréhel occupies a gap left by buildings accidentally destroyed during construction of the Line 11 metro tunnel beneath Rue de Belleville. The resulting void along the narrow street was handed over to urban art to humanise this no man's land. The square received its current name by a municipal decree of 17 March 1998, honouring the interwar singer and actress Fréhel.

The square is named after Fréhel, the stage name of Marguerite Boulc'h (1891–1951), an actress and singer of the interwar years whose songs portrayed a poor, popular Paris akin to lower Belleville; her nickname comes from Cap Fréhel in Brittany. The walls carry the four-part work Paris Trois temps (1986–1987), including Ben's 1993 trompe-l'œil fresco "Il faut se méfier des mots" with two figures in relief.

The square is freely accessible at all times and open to everyone as a pedestrian zone. A small café nearby has a terrace from which you can watch the murals and observe the street while seated.

The square holds four works forming a single ensemble, Paris Trois temps (1986-1987). Ben's suspended trompe-l'œil mural Il faut se méfier des mots dates from 1993 and carries two figures in relief. Jean-Max Albert's Un carré pour un square is a horizontal white marble line that forms a square only when viewed from the right spot.