The name of the wall sounds so much better in French, Le mur des je t’aime (I love you: the Wall), a unique Parisian site, nestling in a romantic garden inside the Jehan Rictus Square.

For Sara Chelou, painting on the wall was a way to reclaim a part of Paris that she had always perceived as hers. “This is my wall, my place, my neighborhood,” the 47-year-old artist said.