Boulevard des Capucines
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The Boulevard des Capucines is one of the four 'grands boulevards' in Paris
, a chain of boulevards running east-west that also includes Boulevard de la Madeleine
, Boulevard des Italiens
, and Boulevard Montmartre
.
The name comes from a beautiful convent of Capuchine nuns whose garden was on the south side of the boulevard prior to the French Revolution
.
The former name, Rue Basse-du-Rempart ("bottom-of-the-wall street" in French), suggests that, in the beginning, the street paralleled the city wall of Paris. Then, when the wall was destroyed, the street was widened and became a boulevard.
At No. 1, the Neapolitan Café, famous for writers, journalists, and actors who attended the cafe such as Catulle Mendès
, Jean Moréas
, Armand Silvestre, and Laurent Tailhade
.
At No. 2, at the junction with the rue de la Chaussée-d'Antin
, site of the former Hotel de Montmorency, then Théâtre du Vaudeville
1869, and Paramount Opéra
movies 1927. The main hall was the 'grand salon' of the Hotel in the 18th century. The rotunda on the facade has been kept.
At No. 5, location of the photographic studio of Pierre-Louis Pierson, later associated brothers Mayer, who was the photographic collaborator of Virginia Oldoini, Countess di Castiglione.
At No. 7, the Georama in 1825: it was possible to see "the whole earth" inside a sphere of 14 meters diameter.
At No. 8, Jacques Offenbach
lived here from 1876 and died in 1880.
At No. 12, the Grand Hotel, built on a former swamp-garden.
At No. 14, the Hotel Scribe and the location of the former Grand Café where the first public showing of movies by Auguste and Louis Lumière
took place in the Salon Indien
on December 28, 1895. There were also here X-ray light experiments, discovered by Dr. Wilhelm Röntgen.
From No. 16 to No. 22, buildings of the former newspapers "L'Évènement", founded by Victor Hugo
.
At No. 24, Mistinguett
lived here from 1905 to 1956.
At No. 25, former location of the Musée Cognacq-Jay
installed in 1931.
At No. 27, the former shop Luxury Samaritan, built by Frantz Jourdain, a specialist of the Art Nouveau
.
At No. 28, location of roller coaster
called montagnes russes (Russian mountains) in 1889. It was replaced in 1893 by the Olympia theater, a famous music Hall founded in 1888 by Joseph Oller
and redeemed in 1952 by Bruno Coquatrix
.
At No. 35, a house where Nadar lived. In April 1874, a group of young painters, including Renoir
, Edouard Manet
, Pissarro, and Claude Monet
made the first exhibition of their paintings. The painting of Claude Monet
, Impressions gave the exhibitors the name of Impressionists
. Claude Monet's painting entitled Boulevard des Capucines is now visible in the Pushkin Museum
in Moscow or Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
in Kansas City, Missouri
.
From No. 37 to No. 43, former location of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1820 to 1853. On February 23, 1848, a battalion of the 14th regiment blocked the boulevard to protect François Guizot
. In the evening, demonstrators tried to break the dam. The soldiers fired killing 35 people and wounding 50. People put corpses in a dumper and call Paris calls. It was the beginning of the revolution which ended the reign of Louis-Philippe the next day.
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, a chain of boulevards running east-west that also includes Boulevard de la Madeleine
Boulevard de la Madeleine
The Boulevard de la Madeleine is one of the four 'grands boulevards' in Paris, a chain running east west and also including boulevard de la Madeleine, Boulevard des Capucines, Boulevard des Italiens and Boulevard Montmartre....
, Boulevard des Italiens
Boulevard des Italiens
The boulevard des Italiens is one of the four 'grands boulevards' in Paris, a chain running east west and also including boulevard de la Madeleine, Boulevard des Capucines and boulevard Montmartre...
, and Boulevard Montmartre
Boulevard Montmartre
Thee Boulevard Montmartre is one of the four grands boulevards of Paris. It was constructed in 1763. Contrary to what its name may suggest, the road is not situated on the hills of Montmartre...
.
The name comes from a beautiful convent of Capuchine nuns whose garden was on the south side of the boulevard prior to the French Revolution
French Revolution
The French Revolution , sometimes distinguished as the 'Great French Revolution' , was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France and Europe. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years...
.
The former name, Rue Basse-du-Rempart ("bottom-of-the-wall street" in French), suggests that, in the beginning, the street paralleled the city wall of Paris. Then, when the wall was destroyed, the street was widened and became a boulevard.
Notable places
Catulle Mendès
Catulle Mendès was a French poet and man of letters.Of Portuguese Jewish extraction, he was born in Bordeaux. He early established himself in Paris and promptly attained notoriety by the publication in the Revue fantaisiste of his Roman d'une nuit, for which he was condemned to a month's...
, Jean Moréas
Jean Moréas
Jean Moréas , was a Greek poet, essayist, and art critic, who wrote mostly in the French language but also in Greek during his youth.-Background:...
, Armand Silvestre, and Laurent Tailhade
Laurent Tailhade
Laurent Tailhade was a French satirical poet, anarchist polemicist, essayist, and translator, active in Paris in the 1890s and early 1900s...
.
At No. 2, at the junction with the rue de la Chaussée-d'Antin
Rue de la Chaussée-d'Antin
The rue de la Chaussée-d'Antin, in the IXe arrondissement of Paris was the street that gave this new quarter of Paris its generic name. It runs north-northwest from the Boulevard des Italiens to the Église de la Sainte-Trinité sited to provide a focal object at its upper end...
, site of the former Hotel de Montmorency, then Théâtre du Vaudeville
Théâtre du Vaudeville
The Théâtre du Vaudeville was a theatre in Paris. It opened on 12 January 1792 on rue de Chartres. Its directors, Piis and Barré, mainly put on "petites pièces mêlées de couplets sur des airs connus", including vaudevilles....
1869, and Paramount Opéra
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still...
movies 1927. The main hall was the 'grand salon' of the Hotel in the 18th century. The rotunda on the facade has been kept.
At No. 5, location of the photographic studio of Pierre-Louis Pierson, later associated brothers Mayer, who was the photographic collaborator of Virginia Oldoini, Countess di Castiglione.
At No. 7, the Georama in 1825: it was possible to see "the whole earth" inside a sphere of 14 meters diameter.
At No. 8, Jacques Offenbach
Jacques Offenbach
Jacques Offenbach was a Prussian-born French composer, cellist and impresario. He is remembered for his nearly 100 operettas of the 1850s–1870s and his uncompleted opera The Tales of Hoffmann. He was a powerful influence on later composers of the operetta genre, particularly Johann Strauss, Jr....
lived here from 1876 and died in 1880.
At No. 12, the Grand Hotel, built on a former swamp-garden.
At No. 14, the Hotel Scribe and the location of the former Grand Café where the first public showing of movies by Auguste and Louis Lumière
Auguste and Louis Lumière
The Lumière brothers, Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas and Louis Jean , were among the earliest filmmakers in history...
took place in the Salon Indien
Salon Indien du Grand Café
Le Salon Indien du Grand Café was a café in Paris at the Place de l'Opéra where on December 28, 1895, the Lumière brothers hosted the very first public moviescreening. Among the ten short clips presented by the French innovators were La Sortie des usines Lumière and l'Arroseur Arrosé.Currently, the...
on December 28, 1895. There were also here X-ray light experiments, discovered by Dr. Wilhelm Röntgen.
From No. 16 to No. 22, buildings of the former newspapers "L'Évènement", founded by Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo
Victor-Marie Hugo was a Frenchpoet, playwright, novelist, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights activist and exponent of the Romantic movement in France....
.
At No. 24, Mistinguett
Mistinguett
Mistinguett was a French actress and singer, whose birth name was Jeanne Bourgeois. She was at one time the best-paid female entertainer in the world...
lived here from 1905 to 1956.
At No. 25, former location of the Musée Cognacq-Jay
Musée Cognacq-Jay
The Musée Cognacq-Jay is a museum located in the Hôtel Donon in the 3rd arrondissement at 8 rue Elzévir, Paris, France. It is open daily except Monday; admission is free...
installed in 1931.
At No. 27, the former shop Luxury Samaritan, built by Frantz Jourdain, a specialist of the Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau is an international philosophy and style of art, architecture and applied art—especially the decorative arts—that were most popular during 1890–1910. The name "Art Nouveau" is French for "new art"...
.
At No. 28, location of roller coaster
Roller coaster
The roller coaster is a popular amusement ride developed for amusement parks and modern theme parks. LaMarcus Adna Thompson patented the first coasters on January 20, 1885...
called montagnes russes (Russian mountains) in 1889. It was replaced in 1893 by the Olympia theater, a famous music Hall founded in 1888 by Joseph Oller
Joseph Oller
Joseph Oller was a Spanish Catalan entrepreneur who lived in Paris for most of his life. He founded the famous cabaret Moulin Rouge and was the inventor of the parimutuel betting....
and redeemed in 1952 by Bruno Coquatrix
Bruno Coquatrix
Bruno Coquatrix, was born in Ronchin, Nord on 5 August 1910 and died in Paris on 1 April 1979, buried in the famous Père Lachaise Cemetery . He is mainly known as the owner and manager of the music hall Paris Olympia...
.
At No. 35, a house where Nadar lived. In April 1874, a group of young painters, including Renoir
Renoir
-People with the surname Renoir :* Pierre-Auguste Renoir , French painter* Pierre Renoir , French actor and son of Pierre-Auguste Renoir* Jean Renoir , French film director and son of Pierre-Auguste Renoir...
, Edouard Manet
Édouard Manet
Édouard Manet was a French painter. One of the first 19th-century artists to approach modern-life subjects, he was a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism....
, Pissarro, and Claude Monet
Claude Monet
Claude Monet was a founder of French impressionist painting, and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movement's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein-air landscape painting. . Retrieved 6 January 2007...
made the first exhibition of their paintings. The painting of Claude Monet
Claude Monet
Claude Monet was a founder of French impressionist painting, and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movement's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein-air landscape painting. . Retrieved 6 January 2007...
, Impressions gave the exhibitors the name of Impressionists
Impressionism
Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement that originated with a group of Paris-based artists whose independent exhibitions brought them to prominence during the 1870s and 1880s...
. Claude Monet's painting entitled Boulevard des Capucines is now visible in the Pushkin Museum
Pushkin Museum
The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts is the largest museum of European art in Moscow, located in Volkhonka street, just opposite the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour....
in Moscow or Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is an art museum in Kansas City, Missouri, known for its neoclassical architecture and extensive collection of Asian art....
in Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...
.
From No. 37 to No. 43, former location of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1820 to 1853. On February 23, 1848, a battalion of the 14th regiment blocked the boulevard to protect François Guizot
François Guizot
François Pierre Guillaume Guizot was a French historian, orator, and statesman. Guizot was a dominant figure in French politics prior to the Revolution of 1848, a conservative liberal who opposed the attempt by King Charles X to usurp legislative power, and worked to sustain a constitutional...
. In the evening, demonstrators tried to break the dam. The soldiers fired killing 35 people and wounding 50. People put corpses in a dumper and call Paris calls. It was the beginning of the revolution which ended the reign of Louis-Philippe the next day.