Square Samuel-Paty

The Samuel Paty Square is a green space located in the 5th arrondissement of Paris next to the Sorbonne and the Musée de Cluny.

Location

The garden is located at the address 2, Place Paul-Painlevé, in front of the Sorbonne, in the heart of the historic quarter of the Latin Quarter, Paris.
This site is serviced by the neighbouring [Cluny–La Sorbonne (building)|Sorbonne (Paris Métro)|Cluny–La Sorbonne] Métro station on Line 10.

Origin of the name

The garden takes its name after French teacher Samuel Paty, assassinated in a terrorist attack on 16 October 2020 in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, a suburb of Paris. Paty was killed and beheaded by an Islamist.

Description

This park is a symbolic place in the middle of the historic Parisian neighborhood of schools and universities.

History

The public garden was created in 1900 and originally called Square de la Sorbonne. It was renamed at the first anniversary of Paty's assassination.