Length 160 m (520 ft) Quarter Sorbonne Completion 17th century | Width 8 m (26 ft) To Rue du Petit-Pont Arrondissement 5th arrondissement | |
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From Rue Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre | ||
Rue de la Bûcherie is a street in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France.
Contents
- Map of Rue de la BC3BBcherie 75005 Paris France
- History
- Origin of the name
- Buildings of note
- Closest transport
- References
Map of Rue de la B%C3%BBcherie, 75005 Paris, France
History
Near the cathedral Notre-Dame de Paris and the Place Maubert, between La Seine and Boulevard Saint-Germain Rue de la Bûcherie is one of the oldest Rive Gauche streets. In the Middle Ages damaged meats were salted and boiled here to feed the poorest.
In the 17th century, La Voisin, a chief personage in the famous affaire des poisons, which disgraced the reign of Louis XIV, lived here.
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 Annick Gendron contemporary art gallery was established at no. 1.
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", a port where logs were put down.