- Boulevard du Temple
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caption=, "The Boulevard du Temple" (1838)The boulevard du Temple is aboulevard in Paris separating theIIIe arrondissement from theXIe arrondissement . It runs from theplace de la République to theplace Pasdeloup . It is served by "République" and "Filles du Calvaire" Metro stops. It bears the name of the Templar Temple where they had established their Paris congregation.History
The boulevard du Temple follows the traces of the
Enceinte de Charles V , demolished under Louis XIV. The boulevard was built between 1656 and 1705 and was lined with trees.From the time of Louis XVI to that of the
July Monarchy , the boulevard du Temple was home to a popular fashion: it became a place for walking and recreation, concentrating many cafés and theatres previously located at the Saint-Laurent and Saint-Germain fairs, and was nicknamed the "boulevard du Crime" after the crime stories that were so popular in its many theatres. In 1782Philippe Curtius (Madame Tussaud 's tutor in wax modelling) opened his second exhibition on this Boulevard.It was on this boulevard that, on
July 28 1835 ,Giuseppe Fieschi made an attempt on the life of king Louis-Philippe - it failed, but resulted in 18 dead and 23 injured.The transformations by Haussmann radically modified this part of
Le Marais , and today only theThéâtre Déjazet remains, half of them having been demolished for the enlargement of place de la République.Former theatres of the boulevard du Temple
* 1759 : the Théâtre des Grands-Danseurs du Roi of
Jean-Baptiste Nicolet , became theThéâtre de la Gaîté in 1792
* 1769 : theThéâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique ofNicolas-Médard Audinot , became the Folies-Dramatiques in 1832
* 1774 : theThéâtre des Associés
* 1779 : theThéâtre des Variétés-Amusantes of Lécluse
* 1785 : theThéâtre des Délassements-Comiques ofPlancher Valcour
* 1787 : theCabinet des figures de cire , disappeared in 1847ource
*"This page is a translation of its French equivalent."
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