The heart of the city has been beating here since Antiquity.

Monuments, statues and major department stores adorn and liven up the town square.

Place de Jaude in its 21^st century incarnation offers passing strollers a subtle blend made of rising jet fountains, magnolias, tulip trees and selected minerals.

While they watch the “Fleur de Lave” (Lava Blossom) tram go by…