Jardin Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt (ex-de la place Rodin)

The Jardin Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt occupies six thousand square meters in the sixteenth arrondissement of Paris. It opened to the public in 1972 and remained known as the Jardin de la Place Rodin for over four decades. In May 2016, the city renamed this green space to honor Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt. She was a pioneering French Egyptologist and a monumental figure in global archaeology. Desroches-Noblecourt played the decisive role in the international campaign led by UNESCO in the 1960s to save the temples of Nubia from the rising waters of the Aswan Dam. Her advocacy secured the survival of sites like Abu Simbel, which were painstakingly dismantled and moved to higher ground. Within the park today, you can find a sequoia tree with three distinct trunks. The garden provides space for recreation with playgrounds, ping-pong tables, and outdoor exercise equipment. During the summer, the garden blooms with a collection of hibiscus plants that give the area a pastel-toned appearance.