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==== Town squares ==== *{{Interlanguage link|Place Clemenceau (Pau)|fr|3=Place Clemenceau (Pau)|lt=''Place Clémenceau''}} and the ''Palais des Pyrénées'', the market square and centre commercial-street. In the heart of the downtown area, this is the site of many public festivals, shopping, and a fountain. *''Place d'Espagne'' [Spain Square]: Containing buildings of contemporary architecture as well as the Bosquet commercial centre *''Place des sept cantons'' [Seven Cantons Square]: This square is joined to not seven but six streets *''Place des États'' [States Square]: The crossroads of [[transhumance]] until the Renaissance era, in the area of the [[Château de Pau]] *{{Interlanguage link|Place Gramont (Pau)|fr|3=Place Gramont (Pau)|lt=''Place Gramont''}}: An architectural ensemble from the 18th century, with many summer terraces *{{Interlanguage link|Place Reine-Marguerite (Pau)|fr|3=Place Reine-Marguerite (Pau)|lt=''Place Reine-Marguerite''}} [Queen Marguerite Square]: bordered by arcades with pebbled arches, it once was the marketplace, and a gallows and wheel for executions once stood here *{{Interlanguage link|Place Royale (Pau)|fr|3=Place Royale (Pau)|lt=''Place Royale''}}: Created by Louis XIV, it was built in its present form with a statue of Henry IV during the reign of Louis Philippe. It includes the Pau Town Hall *{{Interlanguage link|Place de Verdun (Pau)|fr|3=Place de Verdun (Pau)|lt=''Place de Verdun''}}: A large square today occupied by ample free parking and bordered to the west by the Bernadotte military barracks *''Place de la Libération'': The Palace of Justice and the Santiago Church are in this square <gallery mode="packed"> File:Place Clemenceau - Pau.JPG|Place Clemenceau File:Place Royale de Pau.JPG|Place Royale File:Paupalaisdejustice.jpg|Place de la Libération File:Arcades de la Place Gramont Pau.JPG|Arcades of the Place Gramont File:Paucasernebernadotte.jpg|Place de Verdun File:Place Reine Marguerite de Pau.JPG|Place Reine-Marguerite </gallery>
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