Carré de Baudouin

The Carré de Baudouin stands out for its high, pale stone walls and the prominent carved emblem above the entrance, marking the boundary of what was once an eighteenth-century orphanage. Nicolas Beaujon, a wealthy financier who grew rich on the Mississippi Company bubble, paid for its construction to house local children in nineteen sixty-nine. The building later served as a communal center for Parisian artists. Now, it operates as a municipal cultural space, hosting exhibitions behind its heavy, quiet wooden doors.