The Square du Vingt-et-Un Avril dix-neuf-cent-quarante-quatre features a distinctive, heavy stone retaining wall topped by a wrought iron fence, keeping the small garden elevated above the street level. This site honors a specific, tragic moment from the Second World War. On that spring day in nineteen forty-four, an Allied bombing raid aimed at the nearby railway yards missed its mark, striking this neighborhood instead. A nearby schoolhouse collapsed, killing dozens of children and teachers who were caught in the rubble.
Square du 21 Avril 1944
park garden