Rue Voltaire, Sceaux

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Rue Voltaire
Carte postale - Sceaux - Rue Voltaire - 9FI-SCE 38.jpg
Location Sceaux
Coordinates 48°46′39″N2°17′24″E / 48.77750°N 2.29000°E / 48.77750; 2.29000

Rue Voltaire is a street in the town of Sceaux in the Hauts-de-Seine, France. [1] [2]

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Location and access

Rue Voltaire in Sceaux around 1900. Carte postale - Sceaux - Rue Voltaire - 9FI-SCE 255.jpg
Rue Voltaire in Sceaux around 1900.

It begins its route to the north, Place du Général-de-Gaulle, roundabout of rue de Fontenay  [ fr ], avenue de Camberwell and rue Houdan  [ fr ]. [3]

It meets, among other things, rue Émile-Morel (formerly rue des Agriculteurs [4] ) and rue du Four, a very old road in the city. [5]

It ends in the axis of Avenue Cauchy, at the height of rue des Imbergères  [ fr ].

Origin of the name

Postcard of rue Voltaire. Carte postale - Sceaux - Rue Voltaire - 9FI-SCE 257.jpg
Postcard of rue Voltaire.

This street, which has no other name and whose existence dates back at least to 1833, bears the name of the French writer François Marie Arouet, known as Voltaire (1694-1778).

History

Rue Voltaire, corner of rue Houdan [fr]. Carte postale - Sceaux - Rue Voltaire - 9FI-SCE 37.jpg
Rue Voltaire, corner of rue Houdan  [ fr ].

The original alleyway had a zigzagging path between historical residences, led to both a communal watering point and a wash house. Its route included a notable bend where it skirted the periphery of the Château des Imbergères  [ fr ], a building built on the foundations of a 16th-century country house. The château experienced numerous ownership changes throughout the centuries. In 1910, the property underwent its final sale; the subsequent owners leased the main house to a wine merchant.

The establishment of rue Voltaire, a new thoroughfare, cut through the château's grounds. This development culminated in the irreversible demolition of the Château des Imbergères in 1939. [6]

The street was widened again in 1933, [7] [8] removing the rue de la Lune. [9] The entire site was repaved in the early 2020s. [10]

Notable buildings

Eugene Atget : Sceaux, Rue Voltaire. Photo taken in 1922. Eugene Atget.Sceaux.Rue Voltaire.1922.jpg
Eugène Atget  : Sceaux, Rue Voltaire. Photo taken in 1922.

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