A patch of quiet is Place Louis Aragon. In the middle of the Seine, in the heart of the city, sits a cobbled terrace with benches, a street light, and sense of place sense of history. Go down a level and sit on the paved riverbank to catch the last rays of the day and share a kiss.

Place Louis-Aragon was inaugurated on the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of the death of Louis Aragon, on March 27, 2012, by Bertrand Delanoe (Mayor of Paris, PS), Dominique Bertinotti (Mayor of the 4th arrondissement of Paris, PS), Jean Ristat.

There was already (since 1985) a Louis-Aragon alley in Paris (1st arrondissement) which, at the time of the inauguration of the square dedicated to the same writer, was included in the perimeter of the renovation work of Les Halles.

It was in June 2011 that, at the request of the elected Communists (French Communist), the Paris Council decided to dedicate a less uncertain public road to the writer.

This square is located under the windows of the eponymous hero of Louis Aragon's novel Aurélien.

The street plate contains these few verses.

Just who was Mr. Aragon? A writer, poet, novelist, essayist, political activist, leader of the Resistance in World War II and if that's not enough, founding member of Surrealism in 1924, with Andre Breton and Philippe Soupault. From 1953 to 1972 he was editor of the Communist Cultural Weekly, Les Lettres Francaises. He was made a member of the French Legion of Honor in 1981.

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