Inaugurated in December 2019 after two years of work, the Allées de l’Empereur and Mortarieu now constitute a wide promenade in the heart of the city, leading from the Esplanade des Fontaines to the Jardin des plantes.
On the occasion of the renovation of these alleys, a sculpture competition was launched in 2018 to pay tribute to Antoine Bourdelle, the most famous Montalbanese sculptor. To the ten sculptures of Bourdelle already present in the city therefore now answer new contemporary works.