Square du Temple
| The Paris Temple | |
|---|---|
| Paris, France | |
A view of the Grosse Tour-circa 1795, Ecole Française 18th century. | |
| Site information | |
| Type | Medieval fortress |
| Condition | Demolished |
| Location | |
| Site history | |
| Built | mid-13th century |
| Built by | Knights Templar |
| Demolished | 1808 |
| Events | French Revolution |
The Square du Temple is a garden in Paris, France in the 3rd arrondissement, established in 1857. It is one of 24 city squares planned and created by Georges-Eugène Haussmann and Jean-Charles Adolphe Alphand. The Square occupies the site of a medieval fortress in Paris, built by the Knights Templar. Parts of the fortress were later used as a prison during the French Revolution, and then demolished by the mid-19th century.