VILLE DE PARIS

Square Henri-Galli
1925

Le square est dédié au journaliste et écrivain Henri Galli, pseudonyme d’Henri Galichet (1854-1922), conseiller municipal du 4e arrondissement de 1900 à 1919 et député de la Seine de 1914 à 1922. Il fut également président du conseil municipal du 14 juin 1912 au 28 mai 1913.
On peut y voir les restes de la tour de la Liberté, l’une des huit tours de la Bastille qui, avant de devenir une prison d’État, sous Richelieu, marquait la porte Saint-Antoine dans l’enceinte de Charles V. Ces vestiges, mis à jour vers 1899, lors de la construction de la première ligne du mét o reliant Vincennes à la place de l’Étoile, furent déplacés et reconstruits pierre par pierre.

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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 named after Henry Galli pen name of Louis Henri Désiré Galichet (1853-1922), journalist and politician taken on the same day Click for a larger image

The remains of the Bastille Tower, which were moved to this garden and indicated on the sign, can be seen on the following sign Click for sign's details

Translation of the text on the sign:
CITY OF PARIS

Square Henri Galli
1925

The square is dedicated to the journalist and writer Henri Galli, pseudonym of Henri Galichet (1854-1922), municipal councilor of the 4th arrondissement from 1900 to 1919 and deputy for the Seine from 1914 to 1922. He was also president of the municipal council of the 14 June 1912 to May 28, 1913.
You can see the remains of the Tour de la Liberté, one of the eight towers of the Bastille which, before becoming a state prison, under Richelieu, marked the Porte Saint-Antoine in the enclosure of Charles V. These vestiges, brought to light around 1899, during the construction of the first metro line linking Vincennes to the Place de l’Étoile, were moved and rebuilt stone by stone.

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