Square Maurice-Gardette, Urban park in 11th arrondissement, Paris, France.
Square Maurice-Gardette is a 9,443 m² rectangular public garden in the 11th arrondissement, about 130 m long and 80 m wide, bordered by four streets. At its centre stands a bronze statue, Le Botteleur by Jacques Perrin (1891), showing a peasant binding sheaves of hay, and a music kiosk built in 1899.
The square opened in 1872 on the site of the Ménilmontant slaughterhouses, demolished in 1867, and was first called square Parmentier. It was renamed square Maurice-Gardette after the Second World War, honouring a resistance fighter and local councillor shot in 1941.
The square is named after Maurice Gardette, a resistance fighter and local councillor shot in 1941; it was renamed after World War II, having opened as square Parmentier. In the centre stands a music kiosk built in 1899, and the bronze Le Botteleur by Jacques Perrin (1891) shows a peasant tying bundles of hay.
The square has three entrances: at the corner of Rue Lacharrière and Rue du Général-Guilhem, at Rue du Général-Guilhem and Rue Rochebrune, and mid-way along Rue du Général-Blaise where Rue du Général-Renault meets it. The nearest metro stops are Rue Saint-Maur (line 3) and Saint-Ambroise (line 9), each about 300 m away.
The square's Byzantine hazelnut, a tree classed as remarkable by the City of Paris, was planted in 1879; it now measures 21 m high with a 250 cm trunk circumference. It stands among the oldest planted trees in the 11th arrondissement.
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