Square Barye is a small triangular shaped public park at the southeastern tip of Ile Saint Louis in the middle of the Seine River. Inaugurated in 1938 on the location of a former monastery which was torn down around 1840, what you will find today are a handful of park benches, children's playground section and views of the Seine splitting to the north and south of the island.
The most interesting thing to see here is the feature monument created by French sculptor Laurent Marqueste and dedicated to Antoine Louis Barye. The monument features two side statues of male figures in classical pose, a bronze lion at the monument front as well as a bronze statue of what appears to be Hercules battling a centaur at the top of the monument. It's an in interesting attraction to see in an...
   Read moreSquare Barye is on the tip of the Ile Saint Louis island. with a large monument in this garden as well, which is dedicated to Antoine Louis Barye, and the area provides nice and lovely views of the River Seine plus it is a tranquil place for a picnic with its numerous varieties of flora. There was once a Celestine monastery with formal gardens and a beautiful chapel located at the end of the Ile Saint Louis, however, this was devastated during the French Revolution and eventually torn...
   Read moreUn jardin flottant sur la Seine !
Tel lâĂ©peron dâun Ă©norme navire, ce jardin situĂ© Ă la pointe orientale de lâĂźle Saint-Louis, brise la Seine en deux bras.
Au centre de ce vaisseau végétal, trÎne un monument érigé en hommage au sculpteur Antoine-Louis Barye, dompteur de félins et se reptiles en bronze.
Au pied du monument, prenez le temps de contempler son chef-dâĆuvre Le Lion au Serpent, incroyable de vie.
En bordure du square, orangers du Mexique, abelias, viornes et sorbiers se dressent en rang serré pour nous extirper du brouhaha urbain.
Sur lâavant ponton, des grands mĂąts vĂ©gĂ©taux dressent en voile leur feuillage dense. Ces arbres ont un nom exotique : paulownia. Peu connus, on en dĂ©nombre tout de mĂȘme 900 spĂ©cimens dans la capitale.
Originaire du Nord de la Chine, et de la CorĂ©e, cet arbre a Ă©tĂ© introduit en Europe vers 1830. TrĂšs rĂ©sistant Ă la chaleur comme au froid, il est parvenu Ă sâacclimater parfaitement au contexte urbain.
La visite ne serait pas complÚte sans les cales du navire. Il vous faudra pour cela descendre un escalier en vous bouchant le nez, mais rassurez-vous, le désagrément est passager.
Vous voilĂ au plus prĂšs du fleuve, contemplant un horizon Ă©tonnamment dĂ©gagĂ© . Fermez les yeux, Ă©cartez les bras et laissez la brise vous caresser doucement le visage⊠pour un instant, vous ĂȘtes en...
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