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The Square René Viviani
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Tolik
Tampa, Florida
June 14, 2003
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The Church of Sainte-Julien-le-Pauvre (Saint Julien the Poor) sits on the left bank of the Seine in the Latin Quarter, just across the river from Notre Dame. Next to the church, a rather ordinary-looking living tree has had its hollow trunk filled ...
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The Church of Sainte-Julien-le-Pauvre (Saint Julien the Poor) sits on the left bank of the Seine in the Latin Quarter, just across the river from Notre Dame. Next to the church, a rather ordinary-looking living tree has had its hollow trunk filled with concrete and its branches supported by concrete posts. It is a
false acacia
(called
Robinier
or
Robinia Pseudoacacia
). The plant was brought from Virginia to Europe in 1601 and planted there by Jean Robin, herbalist to King Henri IV of France and director of the nearby Jardin des Plantes. He was the first to describe the plant and memorialized in its Linnaean name. It is the oldest tree in Paris. The vacant area north of the Sainte-Julien church was turned into a little park, the Square René Viviani, which opened to the public in 1928. There is an interesting fountain is in middle of the square.
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