The elm of justice facing the olive tree of peace: the "
garden of remembrance
" project in tribute to the victims of the attacks of November 13, which will see the light of day in 2025 opposite the Hôtel de Ville in Paris, has was unveiled on Friday, in full indictment at the trial.
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The project of the Wagon Landscaping landscapers "
represents the six places of the attacks and allows the journey and the meditation within this garden
", explain the town hall and the two associations of victims, 13Onze15 and Life for Paris, in a joint press release.
The names of the 130 deceased victims will be engraved on steles representing each of the six places affected: the Stade de France, Le Carillon and Le Petit Cambodge, La Bonne Bière and Le Casa Nostra, La Belle Equipe, Le Comptoir Voltaire and Le Bataclan.
Wanted by the mayor Anne Hidalgo, this garden will be laid out on the place Saint-Gervais, in front of the eponymous church which faces the Town hall.
Current place of demonstration, this forecourt bears within it an elm tree planted in 1935, heir to
the "elm of justice
" whose presence has been attested since the Middle Ages.
Another symbol, on the other side of the garden, an olive tree of peace will echo it, told AFP Mathieu Gontier, landscape architect of the winning agency.
The garden “
will follow the rhythm of the seasons
”, explain the town hall and the associations.
In the fall in particular, "
Christmas roses, cyclamen, anemones and dogwood fruits will bring out a little of the blooms that we are used to having in November
",
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Sentences ranging from 5 years in prison to life imprisonment
The announcement comes as sentences ranging from 5 years in prison to irreducible life were required against the 20 defendants at trial, six and a half years after the facts, before the special Assize Court of Paris.
The verdict is expected on June 29.
"
The elm of justice is part of the symbolism of reparation through the judicial process (...) which we are in the process of finalizing
," Arthur Dénouveaux, president of Life for Paris, told AFP.
“
It's already there and the garden is being built around it, it's a beautiful symbol.
“For Arthur Dénouveaux as for Philippe Duperron, president of 13Onze15, “
the telescoping between the trial schedule and the jury schedule
” is mainly explained by the Covid-19, which delayed the trial by four weeks.
“
We tried a lot to find the right project
“, the principle of which was voted at the end of 2019 by the Council of Paris, recognizes Arthur Dénouveaux.
But for Philippe Duperron, the objective of inaugurating the garden for the tenth anniversary of the attacks "
is very satisfactory
".