Hôtel-Lamoignon - Mark Ashton Garden Explained

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 French: [[Hôtel de Lamoignon]]|italic=no.

Location

The garden is located at the address 25 rue des Francs-Bourgeois, next to the Hôtel de Lamoignon, which houses the Bibliothèque Historique de la Ville de Paris, in the heart of the historic quarter of French: [[Le Marais]]|italic=no. It can be accessed either by the French: hôtel or from the rue des Francs-Bourgeois.

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 French: [[Hôtel d'Angoulême Lamoignon]]|italic=no mansion.

It is now public place in the center of French: [[Le Marais]]|italic=no,[2] becoming also a memorial to people who have died from AIDS.

History

The public garden was created in 1969, being a dependence of the French: [[Bibliothèque historique de la ville de Paris]]|italic=no and officially named and inaugurated in 2018, on December 1, during Parisian events of World AIDS Day.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2018 DAC 389. Attribution de la dénomination "jardin de l'Hôtel-Lamoignon - Mark-Ashton". fr. 2020-04-14. 2018-09-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20180927204124/http://a06.apps.paris.fr/a06/jsp/site/plugins/odjcp/DoDownload.jsp?id_entite=46652&id_type_entite=6. dead. .
  2. News: Garden named after Mark Ashton . Morning Star.