Square Léon

You are standing near a space that occupies a unique position in Parisian industrial history. The park you see was built in the early nineteen nineties on the former site of a factory owned by the inventor and industrialist Leon Serpollet. Serpollet was a pioneer of the automotive age who gained fame for developing the steam powered car. His workshops once stood exactly where you are now, transforming this specific plot of land into a center of early engine innovation long before it became a quiet place for urban greenery.