LE CARRÉ

The shape of the Square comes from the building surrounding a cloister, formerly the Ursulines convent. In the th century, the nuns abandoned it and the building was attached to the communes of the castle of Saint-Cloud. In 1871, he was burned during the war against the Dukes. It was at the end of the th century that the Department of Finance stocka its archives from insurgencies. The floor and the attic were then rebuilt using a «cement with metal frame» process to protect them from possible fires threatening this period. The whole was then christened «Double the Ledger of Public Debt», and the movements of the state borrowing through the securities were discreetly placed within the building. In 1978, turn off. It followed its buyout by the city of Saint-Cloud. The beginning of the new work began in 2006. Currently, the Square, preserved in its historic facades, has been renovated by Loft Architecture, comprising 2 500 m ² for cultural activities (Grand livre Hall for receptions; showroom; dance rooms, performing arts and music) and 900 m ² of green mass.