VILLE DE PARIS

Square Samuel Paty
1900

Face à la Sorbonne, ce square est choisi par le Conseil de Paris, en 2021 pour rendre hommage à Samuel Paty (1973-2020), professeur d’histoire-géographie dans un college de Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, assassiné le 16 octobre 2020 par un terroriste islamiste. Avec pédagogie et passion, il défendait les valeurs de la République et les principes de liberté, d’égalité, de fraternité et de laïcité. Samuel Paty, chevalier de la Légion d’honneur et commandeur des Palmes académiques à titre posthume, était l’honneur de l’école de la République.
Créé à la place d’une librairie fréquentée par les étudiants, ce square, cœuvre de l’architecte Jean-Camille Formigé (1845-1926), est redessiné en 2000 selon l’inspiration médiévale des jardins du musée de Cluny. Un mûrier à papier, un orme et un pommier pleureurs ornent le site. Des plantes vivaces habillent le parterre central du jardin. Des œuvres d’art y évoquent l’instruction publique, l’éducation, la culture et la tolérance, en représentant Montaigne (1533-1592), Octave Gréard (1828-1904), recteur de l’Académie de Paris et membre de l’Académie française, ou encore avec une réplique de la Louve romaine du Capitole.

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Sign in a series of signs placed by the municipality of Paris describing the history of the city’s gardens.

The garden is named after Samuel Petty, a teacher who was attacked and murdered in Éragny, Val-d’Oise (a suburb of Paris) in 2020 by a Muslim Chechen refugee. The attack was apparently caused by Petty showing his students a cartoon from the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo that depicted Muhammad in a ridiculous manner (the newspaper itself was attacked after it mocked Muhammad).

The garden was photographed on the same day Click for a larger image

The garden also contains a statue commemorating the painter Pierre Puvis de Chavannes Click for sign's details
And as indicated on the sign, the monument to Octave Gréard Click for sign's details

Translation of the text on the sign:
CITY OF PARIS

Square Samuel Paty
1900

Facing the Sorbonne, this square was chosen by the Paris Council in 2021 to pay tribute to Samuel Paty (1973-2020), a history and geography teacher at a college in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, assassinated on October 16, 2020 by an Islamist terrorist. With pedagogy and passion, he defended the values ​​of the Republic and the principles of liberty, equality, fraternity and secularism. Samuel Paty, knight of the Legion of Honor and commander of the Palmes académiques posthumously, was the honor of the school of the Republic.
Created on the site of a bookstore frequented by students, this square, the work of the architect Jean-Camille Formigé (1845-1926), was redesigned in 2000 according to the medieval inspiration of the gardens of the Cluny Museum. A paper mulberry tree, an elm tree and a weeping apple tree adorn the site. Perennial plants adorn the central flowerbed of the garden. Works of art evoke public instruction, education, culture and tolerance, by representing Montaigne (1533-1592), Octave Gréard (1828-1904), rector of the Academy of Paris and member of the French Academy, or with a replica of the Roman She-wolf of the Capitol.

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