Paris Square Marcel Pagnol in France
The Paris Square Marcel Pagnol in France was originally named the Square Laborde when laid out by Alphand and located close to the Saint-Augustin church you will find a statue, an ornate fountain now decorated with flowers along with plenty of park benches where you can sit and relax.
About the Paris Square Marcel Pagnol
This square was originally laid out during the Second Empire by the engineer Jean Charles Alphand, which was when Baron Haussmann was redeveloping Paris under the orders of Napoleon III, and it was originally named the Square Laborde.
But this Paris square was renamed the Paris Square Marcel Pagnol in memory of the French novelist and playwright, who was actually the first filmmaker to be elected to the Academie Francaise.
A stone statue of Paul Deroulede who was a French author and politician was also positioned within this Paris square. But after being vandalised, it was decided that a bronze statue should be put in its place, and this was executed by the renowned sculptor Paul Landowski, who is probably most well known for the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro.
Unfortunately, this statue was melted down during the Nazi occupation of Paris in World War II, and it was not until 1949 that an exact copy of this bronze statue was put back in place, which is where it remains today, although the base is still made of stone.
Another feature you can discover at the Paris Square Marcel Pagnol in France is an ornate water fountain located in the centre with numerous park benches all around the outside circle area, although you will not find any water spurting from this Paris fountain any longer, as it has been decorated with plants and flowers as a monumental piece of decoration.
Also within this square in Paris you can discover sycamore and silver maple trees, weeping mulberry, chestnut and oriental plane trees, along with a table tennis table and a sand pit for the little ones.
Visiting the Paris Square Marcel Pagnol in France
Now when it comes to the Paris Square Marcel Pagnol in France, you will find it located in the 8th Arrondissement and is open from 8am during the weekdays and 9am at weekends, however closing times do vary according to the time of year. Plus we would like to point out that only parts of the Square Marcel Pagnol are accessible to the disabled, as there is even a part that has stone steps leading down to it.
And for getting here via Paris public transport you would need the Paris Metro station called the Saint-Augustin stop via line 9, and there are a couple of entrances to the square either via the Rue de Laborde or the Place Henri-Bergson, which is where a Velib station for the bike rental scheme is located.
