Rue Lepic

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Rue Lepic is an ancient road in the commune of Montmartre, in the 18th arrondissement of Paris.

History

This ancient road in the commune of Montmartre is the result of rectification and re-arrangement of several dirt-roads leading to the Blanche barrier (Place Blanche). It started life as "Chemin-neuf" (Le "chemin-vieux" was rue de Ravignan). In 1852 it was renamed rue de l"'Empereur", and renamed again in 1864, after the General Louis Lepic (1765-1827).

Rue Lepic climbs the hill of Montmartre from the boulevard de Clichy to the place Jean-Baptiste-Clément

Notable addresses

* At n°13, brasserie where "Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain" was set.
* At n°25, in 1910, the cabaret "La Vache Enragée" was based here.
* At n°50, poet Jehan Rictus lived at this address for over a decade.
* At n°53, resided Jean-Baptiste Clément from 1880 to 1891. He then moved to n°112. * At n°54, lived Van Gogh and his brother Théo, on the third floor, from 1886 to 1888; Art dealer Alphonse Portier, lived on the first floor for several years - Armand Guillaumin had consigned some of his paintings to him in 1887.
* At n°59, lived the painter Charles Léandre in 1910; former site of "Moulin de la Fontaine-Saint-Denis".
* At n°64, once lived satirical cartoonist Forain in 1875.
* At n°65, adjacent to avenue Junot, is site of the "Moulin-Neuf" (1741).
* At n°72, former workshop of Félix Ziem.
* At n°73, site of the "Moulin-Vieux", which was demolished in 1860.
* At n°77, "Moulin de la Galette" and "Moulin le Radet".
* At n°85 à 87, "Moulin de la Petite-Tour" construction dating from 1647.
* At n°87, once lived Willette.
* At n°89 à 93, "Moulin de la Vieille-Tour", built in 1623.
* Au n°92, Louis-Ferdinand Céline resided.
* At n°95 à 99, site of the "Moulin-du-Palais", built in 1640.
* At n°100, Austrian doctor David Gruby built an observatory on the roof of the building in 1860.
* Au n°102, rough site of "Moulin de la Grande-Tour", a tower constructed in stone which was taken down before the French Revolution.
* At n°112, resided Jean-Baptiste Clément in 1891.

Anecdotes

Painter and engraver Eugène Delâtre lived and worked on rue Lepic. He occupied successively n°92, n°87, n°97, and also at n°102.

On 7 September 1960, Fernand and Jackie Sardou opened their famous cabaret "Chez Fernand Sardou" on the road in place of "cabaret Belzébuth" next to the residence of Utrillo. The cabaret became the preferred haunt of the night-owls, and played to a full house every night. Michel Sardou had his professional début there, firstly as a server.

In the Claude Autant-Lara film, "La traversée de Paris" (1956), "Martin" (played by André Bourvil) et "Grandgil" (played by Jean Gabin) were pictured in this road during the German occupation of France transporting a jointed pig destined for the black market.

ources et references

* Dictionnaire historique des rues de Paris
* Paris Guide 1807 - Librairie Internationale