- Rue Saint-Denis (Paris)
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streetname=Rue Saint-Denis
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y=92
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quarter=Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois, Halles, Bonne Nouvelle
begins=Avenue Victoria
ends=Boulevard de Bonne Nouvelle
length=1334 m of which 30 m between avenue Victoria and rue de Rivoli ;
width=16,30 m between rue de Rivoli and rue des Innocents
13 m between rue des Innocents and boulevard Saint-denis.
creation=1st century
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caption=Rue Saint-Denis is one of the oldest streets in
Paris - its route was first laid out in the1st century by the Romans, and then extended to the north in theMiddle Ages . From the Middle Ages to the present day, the street has become notorious as a place of prostitution. Its name derives from it being the historic route toSaint-Denis .The street extends as far as the
Ier arrondissement andRue de Rivoli to the south and as far as theIIe arrondissement andboulevard Saint-Denis to the north. It runs parallel toboulevard de Sébastopol .History
The ancient Roman route (Flanders road) leading to
Saint-Denis ,Pontoise andRouen it competed with the "route de Senlis" (seerue Saint-Martin ) but gained an advantage over it with the demolition of the Grand Pont (seePont au Change ) and the development of the royal abbey of Saint-Denis, becoming the triumphal way for royal entries into the capital.Flanked by houses from
1134 onwards, the street has borne the alternative names of Sellerie de Paris and Sellerie de la Grande Rue (13th century) ; grand'rue de Paris ; grande rue or rue des Saints Innocents et grant chaussée de Monsieur / Monseigneur Saint-Denis (14th century). During theFrench Revolution , it was known as the rue deFranciade .Activities
The rue Saint-Denis is now above all made up of
sex shop s, with the part situated between rue Réaumur and boulevard Saint-Denis notorious as a place of prostitution. Nevertheless, the street does also contain some clothes shops, bars and restaurants, as well as the church of Saint-Leu-Saint-Gilles, a bank, and the Chambre des notaires building.Famous buildings
* n° 60 (corner of
rue de la Cossonnerie ) : Remains of the "Cour Batave", a collection of buildings constructed for Dutch speculators byJean-Nicolas Sobre andCélestin-Joseph Happe in1790 , one of Paris's first examples of private housing development.
* n° 92 :Église Saint-Leu-Saint-Gilles
* n° 142 (corner ofrue Grénéta ) : House built in1732 byJacques-Richard Cochois forClaude Aubry . Attached to it is the "fontaine Greneta", rebuilt at the same time as the house, but whose original dates back to at least1502 .
* n°s 224-226 : Maison des Dames de Saint-Chaumont (Couvent des Filles de l'Union chrétienne), established in1685 in a hôtel de Saint-Chaumond, of which nothing survives except its name in the name of the community. The nuns had constructed1734 -1735 byJacques Hardouin-Mansart de Sagonne a lodge which has been conserved (but raised up), a building of exceptional quality decorated byNicolas Pineau . It is the only survivor of the many pious or charitable establishments built along rue Saint-Denis. Its simple entrance is next to boulevard de Sébastopol and a garden extends between the building and the street. In the corner of rue de Tracy could be found the covent's chapel, built in1782 byPierre Convers in the ancient style but now lost.
* At the end of rue Saint-Denis, at theintersection of the grands Boulevards, can be foundporte Saint-Denis . Rue Saint-Denis is then extended from there out into what was medieval Paris'sfaubourg by theRue du Faubourg-Saint-Denis External links
* [http://www.insecula.com/salle/MS01109.html insecula]
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