Editing Cayenne (section)

=== Place des Palmistes ===
[[File:Cayenne Place des palmistes.jpg|thumb|Palmists Plaza]]

Initially it was a plaza to aerate the city after the demolition of the city walls in 1810. It was named Place de la Savane ("Savanna Square") after the grasses that grew there. Later some [[Roystonea oleracea|royal palms]] from the area of [[Guisanbourg]] were planted there, and the plaza was renamed Place des Palmistes ("Royal Palms' Square"). In 1880, a bronze column was erected bearing the bust of the [[Marianne]], commemorating the seizure of the [[Bastille]]. Governor [[Gaston Gerville-Reache]] transformed the plaza into an English garden, with artificial hills, masses of flowers and ornamental plants. Because it regularly flooded in the rain, Governor Marc Chanel in 1925 bordered it with a network of cemented canals, still there to this day. A statue of [[Félix Éboué]], an illustrious Guianan, stands at the Merlet fountain.<ref>{{Base Mérimée|IA97300282|Place de l'Esplanade dite Place des Palmistes}}</ref> Today it is a lively place where the residents meet. In the evening, food carts sell French fries, sandwiches, local juices and other street food, and [[Mie goreng|bami and lassi]] (Javanese delicacies brought in by way of [[Suriname]]).