Henri-Galli Square
Square Henri-Galli opened in 1925
The Square is dedicated to journalist and writer Henri Galli, pseudonym of Henri Galichet (1854-1922), 4th arrondissement city councilor from 1900 to 1919 and Seine deputy from 1914 to 1922. He was also president of the city council from June 14, 1912 to May 28, 1913. Here you can see the remains of the Tour de la Liberté, one of the 8 towers of the Bastille which, before becoming a state prison under Richelieu, marked the Porte Saint-Antoine in Charles V's enceinte. These remains, unearthed around 1899 during construction of the first metro line linking Vincennes to Place de l'Étoile, were moved and rebuilt stone by stone.
Summary of gardens and squares in the Marais