A fountain overtopped by a victory offers its laurels, two similar theatres, ample and harmonious proportions contribute to create the charm of this square.
A terrible jail, called the Grand Chatelet, occupied once the square.
The Saint Jacques tower is the only remaining trace of the church that rose on that place.
In the interior of the “theatre de la Ville” a commemorative plaque remember the poet Gérard de Nerval who hanged himself on this square.