A square in Paris named after Lithuania

On 7 June, the Council of Paris decided to call a square on the Place du Général Catroux in Paris’s 17th arrondissement, “Jardin de la Lituanie” (The Garden of Lithuania). It will be the first location named after Lithuania in the French capital, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania.

“The location for ‘Jardin de la Lituanie’ in the 17th arrondissement of Paris was not chosen by chance. From 1925 to 1940, a historic legation of interwar Lithuania was situated in Fournier’s residence opposite the square. Lithuania lost it after the Soviet occupation. This is a historical event because the name of Lithuania finally appears on the map of Paris”, said Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis, who is visiting Paris.