This is the former Garden of the Hotel Donon, built in 1575 for Mederic Donon, General Controller of the King's Buildings. Established in 1990 and rehabilitated in 2010, it pays tribute to Lazare Rachline, known as "Lucien Rachet" or "Socrates", a significant member of the Resistance. Born in Russia, he was the co-founder of the League against Racism and Antisemitism and died in Paris in 1968. It is very quiet here, the small French garden is very well maintained.
It was a brightful day. We walked through the squares and parks of old mansions, visited the Picasso Museum, the art galleries, had lunch at the Place des Vosges, visited the Place de la Bastille and completed the walk by the princely and quiet boardwalk of the River Seine, where live swans and peace reigns.
