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The word "terreaux" describes the old moats and medieval mud ("terre") walls that protected the town up to the end of the 16th Century. These were filled in to make room for a large square where the town's guillotine was erected. It is the second most important square after Place Bellecour, as it is flanked by Palais Saint Pierre and the Hôtel de Ville (city hall). In 1892, the city council bought a statue from the famous sculptor Bartholdi (of Statue of Liberty fame), which Bordeaux had commissioned but then refused.
