 The Place de Dublin viewed from the Rue de Moscou | |
  Shown within Paris | |
| Arrondissement | 8th |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 48°52′51″N2°19′29″E / 48.8807309°N 2.3247483°E |
The Place de Dublin is a square in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. According to the book Dictionnaire historique des rues de Paris by French historian Jacques Hillairet it was named after Dublin, the capital of Ireland. [1] The intersection is depicted in Gustave Caillebotte's painting Paris Street; Rainy Day (1877). [2]
Jacques Camou was a French general in the armies of Emperor Napoleon III.
Rue du Chat-qui-Pêche is considered the narrowest street in Paris. It is only 1.80 m wide for the whole of its 29 m length.
The boulevard de Magenta is located in the Ninth and Tenth arrondissements of Paris, France.
The Boulevard Marguerite-de-Rochechouart is a street in Paris, France, situated at the foot of Montmartre and to its south. Like the neighbouring street, it is named after Marguerite de Rochechouart de Montpipeau (1665–1727), abbess of Montmartre. It is a result of the 1864 merging of the boulevards and chemins de ronde which followed the interior and exterior of the Wall of the Farmers-General. It has also been known as the boulevard des Poissonniers, chemin de ronde de Poissonnière and chemin de ronde de Rochechouart. It is served by the Paris Metro stations Pigalle, Anvers and Barbès – Rochechouart.
The Rue Foyatier is a street on the Montmartre butte ("outlier"), in the 18th arrondissement of Paris. Opened in 1867, it was given its current name in 1875, after the sculptor Denis Foyatier (1793–1863). One of the most famous streets in Paris, it consists of flights of stairs giving access to the top of the hill, the Sacré-Cœur Basilica, and the other attractions of the upper-Montmartre neighborhood. The Montmartre funicular runs alongside it.
Rue Oudinot is a street in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. It was named for Marshal Nicolas-Charles Oudinot (1767–1847). The now-defunct Ministry of the Colonies was located on the street, where the current-day Ministry of the Overseas can be found.
The Quartier de la Sorbonne is the 20th administrative district or 'quartier' of Paris, France. It is located in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, near the jardin du Luxembourg and the Sorbonne, on the Montagne Sainte-Geneviève. It contains Paris' main higher educational establishments and institutes and borders the Latin Quarter.
Rue Lhomond is a street in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. It is located in the quartier du Val-de-Grâce and has existed since the 15th century. It was once known as rue des Poteries after its Gallo-Roman pottery workshops, then from around 1600 as rue des Pots and finally rue des Postes. It was given its present name in 1867 after the priest, grammarian and scholar Charles François Lhomond (1727-1794).
The Cours de Vincennes is a street in Paris, linking place de la Nation to porte de Vincennes. It forms a major artery and serves as the border between the city's 12th and 20th arrondissements. It was built before 1860 and forms the start of Route nationale 34.
Dictionnaire historique des rues de Paris is a book by Jacques Hillairet, a historian specializing in the history of Paris. It includes 5344 streets in two volumes and 2343 illustrations. It was first published in 1960 by éditions de Minuit and was regularly re-published and updated from 1963 onwards. His sources included Dictionnaire administratif et historique des rues de Paris et de ses monuments by Louis and Félix Lazare and Histoire de Paris rue par rue, maison par maison by Charles Lefeuve.
Auguste André Coussillan was a French historian specialising in the history of Paris. Under the pen-name Jacques Hillairet he wrote two major reference works on the subject in the 1950s - Connaissance du vieux Paris and Dictionnaire historique des rues de Paris.
Rue Cujas is a street in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, named after the legal expert Jacques Cujas (1522-90), since it neighbours the Faculté de droit.
Le Dit des rues de Paris is a 554-verse poem in octosyllabic rhyming couplets, written by Guillot of Paris and describing the streets of Paris between around 1280 and 1300. It deals with 310 streets, organised into the city's three main districts at that time:
Saints-Pères Cemetery is a historic cemetery in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, sited at what is now 30 rue des Saints-Pères.
The Saint-Germain Cemetery or Saint-Pierre Cemetery was a rectangular cemetery in Paris, first attested in 1259 and used by Protestants from 1598 to 1604 onwards. It was sited in the north-west corner of the former rue Taranne and rue des Saints-Pères, alongside the chapelle des Saint-Pères (on the site now occupied by square de la Charité at 186 boulevard Saint-Germain. It measured 27 toise by 8 toise. Its site is now covered by Square Taras-Chevtchenko.
Rue de Belleville is a street in the 19th and 20th arrondissement of Paris.
The Rue de l'Université is a street located in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France.
The Convent of Our Lady of Calvary, also named Convent of the Filles du Calvaire, is a former Roman Catholic convent in Paris, France.
The Rue des Archives is a street in The Marais at the border of 3rd and 4th arrondissements of Paris, France.
Rue Gît-le-Cœur is a street in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France.