Port de l'Arsenal Garden

The Port de l'Arsenal garden sits on land that once served as a defensive moat for the Bastille fortress. After the prison was demolished during the French Revolution, the old ditch was repurposed into a commercial basin. For over a century, this area functioned as a busy port for barges carrying wheat, wine, and wood into the city center. You are standing in a space that transformed from a medieval military barrier into a vital engine for Parisian trade.