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The work of Louis Perrin, a Mulhouse artist, was installed in 1989 as part of the pedestrianisation of the area. It is for this door of the past that he created this 4-metre long bronze key, planted in the ground "like King Arthur's sword". Louis Perrin used to say: "The Bollwerk tower, I see it as a unique object. I know that it was not a gateway to Mulhouse, but as it is the only visible part of the old ramparts ... For me, it is the key to the city, so it's necessarily a big key, and it's as if it had been thrown there". Over time, the work has been well received by the inhabitants, and today it is a very lively object, where children climb on it and where the first tags have appeared, for the artist, this proves that the work is now "part of the walls".