Square du Temple

The Paris Temple
Paris, France
A view of the Grosse Tour-circa 1795, Ecole Française 18th century.
The Paris Temple is located in Paris
The Paris Temple
The Paris Temple
TypeMedieval fortress
Site information
ConditionDemolished
Site history
Builtmid-13th century
Built byKnights Templar
Demolished1808
EventsFrench Revolution
The Temple area in 1734 - detail of the Turgot map of Paris.

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.