Hôtel-Lamoignon - Mark Ashton Garden

The Hôtel-Lamoignon – Mark-Ashton Garden (French: Jardin de l'Hôtel-Lamoignon – Mark-Ashton), is a green space located in the 4th arrondissement of Paris next to the Hôtel de Lamoignon.

Mark Ashton garden and the Bibliothèque historique de la ville de Paris

Location

The garden is located at the address 25, rue des Francs-Bourgeois, in front of the Hôtel de Lamoignon, in the heart of the historic quarter of Le Marais.

It can be accessed either by the Bibliothèque historique de la ville de Paris.

This site is serviced by the Saint-Paul metro station.

Origins of the name

The garden takes its name after young British LGBT-activist and Young Communist League general secretary Mark Ashton (1960–1987), by vote of the Council of Paris.[1]

Description

The garden was formerly the property of the Hôtel d'Angoulême Lamoignon mansion.

It is now public place in the center of Le Marais,[2] becoming also a memorial to AIDS victims.

History

The public garden was created in 1969, being a dependence of the Bibliothèque historique de la ville de Paris and officially named and inaugurated in 2018, on December 1, during Parisian events of World AIDS Day.

Annexes
  • "Jardin de l'Hôtel-Lamoignon - Mark-Ashton". Mairie de Paris.

See also

References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jardin de l'Hôtel-Lamoignon - Mark-Ashton.
  1. "2018 DAC 389. Attribution de la dénomination "jardin de l'Hôtel-Lamoignon - Mark-Ashton"" (in French). Archived from the original on 2018-09-27. Retrieved 2020-04-14..
  2. "Garden named after Mark Ashton". Morning Star.

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