Place Louis-Armstrong, Square and pedestrian zone in the 13th arrondissement, Paris
Place Louis-Armstrong is a triangular pedestrian square in the Quartier de la Salpêtrière in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, sitting at the junction of several streets including Esquirol, Jeanne-d'Arc, and Jenner. It contains the small garden Federica-Montseny, with trees and benches, and a Wallace fountain that stands at the center of the space.
The square was created in 1992 and officially named after jazz musician Louis Armstrong that same year. The land had previously served other urban purposes before being converted into a pedestrian space for the neighborhood.
The square is named after the American jazz musician Louis Armstrong, who visited Paris several times and had a strong connection to the city's music scene. Naming public spaces after artists is a common practice in Paris, and this one quietly keeps that link to music alive in a residential neighborhood.
The nearest metro station is Campo-Formio on line 5, from which the square is easy to reach on foot. As a pedestrian zone, it is open at all times and requires no planning to visit.
The garden within the square is named after Federica Montseny, a Spanish anarchist and minister of the Second Republic, which shows the range of figures honored in this part of Paris. Both Armstrong and Montseny share this small space, though they come from entirely different worlds.
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