Labourdonnais square
Square where Sarda Garriga declared the abolition of slavery: 62000 slaves were freed on the 20th of december 1848. He had arrived to Reunion on the 14th of october but he agreed to wait until the end of the sugarcane harvest season
At this time it was a sandy plot of land, trees were planted only 40 years after
Statue of Mahé de Labourdonnais
