It will be almost impossibel to recite all the streets of Paris even those known to me but there are some that brings back wonderful memories and merit to be in my blog. Therefore, I like to tell you about the Avenue de Suffren of Paris !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.
This I passed by car and walk and even took buses to it and back many times, A glorious spot in my eternal Paris ,where my family spent many times and in some I still do. So ,it has become sort of like a second home to me each time I visit Paris, The Avenue de Suffren is right along the Eiffel tower, Champ de Mars and école militaire fame with wonderful architecture finds in it and some nice history to it. The Avenue de Suffren is an avenue that delimits the 7éme and 15éme arrondissements of Paris. It goes this way, numbers 1-143bis are in the 7éme and numbers 145-to end and even are in the 15éme; get it…Because of the vicinity of the military school (école militaire), this avenue has since 1867 the name of the Bailiff and Vice-Admiral Pierre André de Suffren.
The Avenue de Suffren begins at the Quai Branly and continues to the boulevard Garibaldi at the level of the place de la République de Panama. It crosses the Avenue de La Motte-Picquet, avenue de Lowendal, Avenue de Ségur and Rue Perignon. Also, the Rue de Buenos-Aires, Avenue Octave-Gréard, rue Jean-Rey, rue du General-Lambert, Rue Desaix, Avenue Joseph-Bouvard, rue Jean-Pierre-Bloch, rue Champfleury, rue de Presles, (embassy of Cuba here) , avenue du General-Detrie, rue de la Fédération (near my former world HQ work place), rue Jean-Carriès, Rue Dupleix (bus 82 off here!), the Avenue de Champaubert, the Rue du Laos, the rue de Abbé-Roger-Derry, the rue Mario-Nikis, the rue Chasseloup-Laubat, the rue Valentin-Haüy, the Rue Bellart, the rue Rosa-Bonheur, rue Barthélemy begin or end the Avenue de Suffren.
A bit of history I like, and sights! tell us the Avenue de Suffren was formed between the current Quai Branly and Avenue de Lowendal during the formation of the Champs-de-Mars around 1770. In 1867, the extension of the avenue until the meeting of rue Barthélémy and Boulevard de Grenelle (current boulevard Garibaldi) is declared to be of public utility. However, the avenue comes to end at the slaughterhouses of Grenelle. After the destruction of this property, it is extended beyond no 155 between rue Bellart and boulevard Garibaldi.
Some things you will surely would like to see in my opinion are at No 78, the Village Suisse ! Here from the end of WWI, the Village Suisse was already a distant memory. After dismantling the 103 meters Big wheel that adjoined it, some tailoring dealers set up their shops in their wagons. Until the mid-50’s of the last century, clothing and leather merchants predominated. Then, little by little, antique dealers supplanted them. The Village Suisse consists in our days in up to 100 shops of antiques, objects of art and decoration. It can be reached by 4 Avenue Paul Déroulède, the 78 Avenue de Suffren or the 54 Avenue de la Motte Picquet. You can reach here on the Metro: La Motte-Piquet Grenelle, line 6, 8, and 10. The Village is open from Thursdays to Mondays inclusive from 10h30 to 19h.
Others at No. 87, the Documentation Center of the Military School (CDEM) is a documentary support service for executives, auditors and trainees of Higher Military Education, for all training, research and doctrine organizations of the military. ‘Military School, for researchers, students and actors in defense and security thinking, civilian or military. At No. 94 dates from 1929, it is Art Deco building with fountain motifs, ironwork on the balconies, sculpted pilasters, floral bas-reliefs..beautiful. At No 106: Formerly, the address of a brothel. frequented under the occupation by the Nazis military, the establishment was ravaged in 1942 by a bomb attack, committed under the direction of Pierre Georges (future “Colonel Fabien”), with Georges Tondelier, Gaultier and another member of the Youth Battalions which is known only under the pseudonym of Paul. The location of this brothel is now occupied by a modern building. At No, 110bis its integral bow window on all floors, its octagonal windows and its door with very geometric patterns,nice, At No, 112bis Its neighbor from 1925 also has attractive features with its rounded corner and its door. The mask in relief, surrounded by bread cones does not seem particularly Art Deco and in general, the interwar aesthetic is not very assertive here. At No. 112Ter , this building out of period, dated 1914. works of the Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem in France Helping Christians in the Holy Land, At No 125 Entrance to the Conference center of the UNESCO House, where the UNESCO General conferences are held.
One of the delights of this area near the école militaire on this side of it is to have a drink and see the world at the Brasserie Suffren at no 84: lovely place, or Carmine Café at no 73 . And parking above ground as I do each time there is at Parc Joffre-Suffren facing 2 place Joffre. The closest metro station is Ségur on the line 10 located right on the Avenue de Suffren corner with rue Pérignon. Also, Champs de Mars RER C , La Motte Picquet – Grenelle metro lines 6, 8, and 10, as well as Ecole Militaire line 8. I do took and better bus line 82 from Montparnasse ,stop Général de Bollardière.Also,here bus line 80 from gare Saint Lazare.
There you go folks, this is a wonderful area of my eternal Paris , great architecture work all around to walk it fully. Indeed Paris is a mouvable feast !!! Again, hope you enjoy the post on the Avenue de Suffren of Paris !!! as I
And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!
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