{{Short description|Square in Paris, France}} {{Infobox urban feature | name = Place Pinel | place_type = Public square | former_names = Place de la Barrière-d'Ivry (until {{end date|1867|02|26|df=y}}), place des Deux-Moulins | coordinates = {{coord|48.8333718|2.3615406|display=inline,title}} | area = {{convert|64.6|m|yd|abbr=on}} diameter | surface = Granite paving | location = Quartier de la Salpêtrière<br>13th arrondissement | address1 = 7449 Paris, France | pushpin_map = France Paris | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Paris | construction = {{end date|1867|06|11|df=y}} | image_place = P1150266 Paris XIII place Pinel rwk.jpg <!-- | DGI = 7493 | commons = Category:Place Pinel (Paris) --> }} The '''Place Pinel''' ({{langx|en|Pinel Square}}) is a square and street in the 13th arrondissement of Paris.
==History== Created about 1823 as the Place de la Barrière-d’Ivry, as it was located just inside the Barrière-d’Ivry, a gate in the Wall of the Farmers-General, where taxes were collected on goods brought into the city. (Because the Barrière d’Ivry was sometimes called the Barrière des Deux Moulins, the Place was sometimes called the Place des Deux Moulins.) In 1867, the Place was renamed for the psychiatrist Philippe Pinel (1745 – 1826), "benefactor of strangers", because of its proximity to the Hôpital de la Salpêtrière where he worked.<ref>{{cite book|title=Dictionnaire historique des rues de Paris|first=Jaques|last=Hillairet|authorlink=Jacques Hillairet|publisher=Éditions de Minuit|page=277}}</ref><ref>Baribant, et al, ''Guide Historique des Rues de Paris'' (Paris: Hachette, 1965) p 360.</ref>
In 2012, the square was completely redeveloped by the Direction de la Voirie et des Déplacements de la Mairie de Paris, the City of Paris transport section. At this time, the central circle was recovered in granite paving. Its design represents a pine cone, represented with logarithmic spirals based on Fibonacci numbers. These spirals emphasise the proportions of the square's rotunda.
== See also == * Squares in Paris
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Pinel Category:Squares in Paris Category:1867 establishments in France {{DEFAULTSORT:Pinel}} {{paris-geo-stub}}