It is a peaceful classical framework for a walk set against an oval pond surrounded by beds filled with flowers over the months. A statute of Jules Hardouin-Mansart stands at the entrance. Along the Rue de la Tour-Maubourg, a bronze-sculpture, the work of Nicolas Alquin, called «Parole portée, à la mémoire des victimes du terrorisme», dedicated to the victims of terrorism, is moving in its simplicity.