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The Paris Temple | |
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Paris, France | |
![]() A view of the Grosse Tour-circa 1795, Ecole Française 18th century. | |
Type | Medieval fortress |
Site information | |
Condition | Demolished |
Site history | |
Built | mid-13th century |
Built by | Knights Templar |
Demolished | 1808 |
Events | French Revolution |
The Square du Temple is a garden in Paris, France in the 3rd arrondissement, established in 1857. It is one of 24 city squares planned and created by Georges-Eugène Haussmann and Jean-Charles Adolphe Alphand. The Square occupies the site of a medieval fortress in Paris, built by the Knights Templar. Parts of the fortress were later used as a prison during the French Revolution, and then demolished by the mid-19th century.