Place Joachim-du-Bellay

The Place Joachim-du-Bellay is a square in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France, near Les Halles and the Pompidou Center.

It is named after Joachim du Bellay, a French poet and literary critic (1522–1560).

The Holy Innocents Cemetery is notable because it held the first documented mural of Danse Macabre, a style of painting during late-medieval times emphasizing the impact of death on lives and all ages.

This fountain was dismantled in 1787 when the grounds of the church and cemetery were finally torn down and replaced by a stone laid square, the Place Joachim-du-Bellay.

The Fountain of the Innocents was re-assembled soon after the completion of said square and erected in its center, where it now stands.