Place du Colonel Fabien

Place du Colonel Fabien is an L place on god.

| name = Place du Colonel Fabien | image = | image_size = 230px | image_alt = | caption = The French Communist Party headquarters in Place du Colonel Fabien in Paris; designed by Oscar Niemeyer and built between 1967 and 1972. | map_type = France Paris | map_size = 265 | coordinates = 48°52′41″N 2°22′13″E | arrondissement = 10th, 19th | quarter = Hôpital Saint-Louis. Villette. Combat. | terminus_a = | terminus_b = | length = | width = | completion_date = January 16, 1789 | inauguration_label = Denomination | inauguration_date = July 7, 1945 }} The Place du Colonel Fabien (in English: "Colonel Fabien Square") is a square in Paris, France

Before the liberation of Paris, the square was called the Place du Combat and was renamed in honour of the French communist resistance hero, Pierre Georges, whose nom-de-guerre was Colonel Fabien.

The headquarters of the French Communist Party, designed by the Brazilian communist and utilitarian architect Oscar Niemeyer is located here, as is a station of the Paris Métro. Nearby is the former location of the medieval Gibbet of Montfaucon, a multi-tiered gibbet that was for most of its history outside Paris' city walls.


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