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The position of the Republic is a place located at the border of the 3rd, 10th and 11th arrondissements of Paris, the French capital It is the bastion of the door of the Temple, within the precincts of Charles V, which dates from the fourteenth century. Ornée in 1811 a fountain known as the Castle-d'Eau, designed by Girard, it took its present appearance in the Second Empire, with the digging Boulevard Magenta, the Amandiers (now Avenue of the Republic) and Boulevard du Prince Eugene, now dedicated to Voltaire. Much theatres Boulevard du Temple were then razed. The barracks-Prince Eugene, later named the Chateau d'Eau Vérines then barracks, was built by Degrove in 1854, replacing the former Wauxhall summer and the famous diorama where Daguerre, one of the inventors of photography, gave its representations fifteen minutes. Planned from the outset for 3200 men, since it hosts the 1947 Republican Guard. Gabriel Davioud, architect of the City of Paris, built in 1866, a store together, across the north side of the square. It also erected in 1867, a second fountain adorned with bronze lions, one of Girard was considered insufficient and the market rebound de la Villette. In 1879, a contest organized for the installation of a large monument dedicated to the Republic again proclaimed, was won by brothers Morice, Leopold for statuary and Charles Morice the basement. The historical plaques on the base of the statue are the work of Léopold Morice. Two inauguration ceremonies took place, first on July 14, 1880 (with a plaster model) and a second on 14 July 1883 (with the final version in bronze).