Rue de la Bûcherie
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Rue de la Bûcherie is a street in Paris
, France
.
The Rue de la Bûcherie is one of Paris
' oldest Rive Gauche
streets.
In the middle ages it was a street where damaged meats were salted and boiled to feed the most humble and miserable inhabitants of Paris.
In the 17th century, La Voisin, a chief personage in the famous affaire des poisons
, which disgraced the reign of Louis XIV
, lived here [needs citation].
Nicolas-Edme Rétif
, the French novelist, lived on Rue de la Bûcherie during the years leading to his death in 1808.
Until the late 1970s the place was a popular Parisian street with mixed modest restaurants (Lebanese, Asian, Pakistani), antiques dealers, and art galleries.
In the 1970s the contemporary art gallery Galerie Annick Gendron took place at the 1 rue de la Bûcherie.
The dissection amphitheatre of the ancient Faculty of Medicine where Jacques-Bénigne Winslow taught is still located on Rue de la Bûcherie.
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...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
History
Near the cathedral Notre-Dame de Paris and the Place Maubert, between La Seine and Boulevard Saint-GermainBoulevard Saint-Germain
The Boulevard Saint-Germain is a major street in Paris on the Left Bank of the Seine river. It curves in a 3.5 kilometer arc from the Pont de Sully in the east to the Pont de la Concorde in the west and traverses the 5th, 6th and 7th arrondissements...
The Rue de la Bûcherie is one of Paris
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...
' oldest Rive Gauche
Rive Gauche
La Rive Gauche is the southern bank of the river Seine in Paris. Here the river flows roughly westward, cutting the city in two: looking downstream, the southern bank is to the left, and the northern bank is to the right....
streets.
In the middle ages it was a street where damaged meats were salted and boiled to feed the most humble and miserable inhabitants of Paris.
In the 17th century, La Voisin, a chief personage in the famous affaire des poisons
Poison affair
The Affair of the Poisons was a major murder scandal in France which took place in 1677–1682, during the reign of King Louis XIV. During it, a number of prominent members of the aristocracy were implicated and sentenced on charges of poisoning and witchcraft...
, which disgraced the reign of Louis XIV
Louis XIV of France
Louis XIV , known as Louis the Great or the Sun King , was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and Navarre. His reign, from 1643 to his death in 1715, began at the age of four and lasted seventy-two years, three months, and eighteen days...
, lived here [needs citation].
Nicolas-Edme Rétif
Nicolas-Edme Rétif
Nicolas-Edme Rétif or Nicolas-Edme Restif , also known as Rétif de la Bretonne, was a French novelist. The term retifisme for shoe fetishism was named after him.-Biography:...
, the French novelist, lived on Rue de la Bûcherie during the years leading to his death in 1808.
Until the late 1970s the place was a popular Parisian street with mixed modest restaurants (Lebanese, Asian, Pakistani), antiques dealers, and art galleries.
In the 1970s the contemporary art gallery Galerie Annick Gendron took place at the 1 rue de la Bûcherie.
The dissection amphitheatre of the ancient Faculty of Medicine where Jacques-Bénigne Winslow taught is still located on Rue de la Bûcherie.
Origin of the name
The name come from the ancient— Port aux bûches — port's logs where logs were put down.Buildings of note
- 13-15 - amphitheatre of the ancient Faculty of Medicine
- 37 - Shakespeare and CompanyShakespeare and CompanyShakespeare and Company or Shakespeare & Company may refer to:*Shakespeare and Company , an English-language bookshop in Paris, France; hosts the annual Shakespeare & Company Literary Festival in June....
, a bookstore specializing in English language books while simultaneously employing and boarding English-speaking writers in Paris, is at 37 rue de la Bûcherie.
Closest transport
- Métro line 10Paris Metro Line 10Paris Métro Line 10 is one of 16 metro lines in Paris, France. The line links the Boulogne – Pont de Saint Cloud metro station in Boulogne in the west with the Gare d'Austerlitz, travelling under the neighborhoods situated on the Rive Gauche in the southern half of Paris and the commune of...
, Maubert-Mutualité, Cluny-la-Sorbonne
External links
- http://www.paris-pittoresque.com/rues/132.htm Le Paris pittoresque : Archives of the old Paris