A STATUE HOVERS OVER ALL THE VOIDS THAT LIE ALONG THE GRAND AXIS, THAT IS, THEY ARE LINKED TO THE KINGS
Two, places de la République and d'Italie, are off to the side. Why does République have a statue, Italie not?
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Adapted from Mappy (Ignore the light grey area) |
The giant spaces began naturally, as gates in ramparts or halts along the east-west trade route.
Place de la République is a hook in the north, which let troops assemble before entering working-class territory (more coming). Since nothing stands between it and the Grand Axis, it gets its monument, making it part of the bracelet of sites that honor the kings.
That is not the case for place d'Italie. A space to assemble troops in the very poor, radicalized area was indispensable. But it could not be linked with the Grand Axis, on the other side of the river.
So it alone is empty:
As it was.
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From 2022 it became a garden where festivities are held and a pond that colored lights surround at night :
Transformation begins, 2019
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Eastern Paris's immense open spaces
demonstrate the reasons for the city's majesty:
The imprint of kings and dread of rebels.
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