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I am again to tell you about more streets of my eternal Paris. I have many many posts on Paris and several on the streets of the most beautiful city in the world. I have come up with a picture of one of my fave streets which spent quite a bit of time over the years ; new to my blog and worthy to take a post of its own ; this is rue du Temple. As always thank you for following my blog. Therefore, here is my take on the streets of Paris, part IX !!! Hope you enjoy it as I.

The rue du Temple is one of the oldest streets in Paris, located between the 3éme and 4éme arrondissements, in the Marais neighborhood. It is 1,335 meters long ! It starts at its southern end at No 64 on rue de Rivoli and ends at its northern end at No. 13 in the Place de la République. This site is served by metro stations Hôtel de Ville, (lines 1 and 11), République (lines 3 5 8 9 11) and Temple (line 3 ) and Arts et Métiers (lines 3, 11). The rue du Temple owes its name to the order of the Templars, installed in the middle of the 13C in this neighborhood known as temple still today. The current rue du Temple is formed by ministerial decree dated February 18, 1851 of the meeting of the rue du Temple, which was located between the streets Michel-le-Comte and des Vieilles-Haudrietes and the boulevards Saint-Martin and du Temple ; Rue Sainte-Avoie, which was located between the Neuve-Saint-Merri and Sainte-Croix-de-la-Bretonnerie streets and the Michel-le-Comte and Vieilles-Haudiettes streets.

The historical perspective tell us that the Rue Barre-du-Com, which was located between rue de la Verrerie and the rue Neuve-Saint-Merri and rue Sainte-Croix-de-la-Bretonnerie; Rue des Coquilles, which was located between rue de la Tixératerie and rue de la Verrerie. The part of the rue du Temple located between rue de Rivoli and rue de la Verrerie bear first of all the name of rue des Coquilles, then it became in the 14C the allée Jean-Gentien , then rue Jacques-Gentien . The part between rue de la Verrerie and rue Saint-Merri will be called “Rue Barre-du-Com”, then “rue de l’Abbaye-du-Com-Hellouin” towards the start of the 14C the part between the rue Saint-Merri and rue des Haudiettes called “rue Sainte-Avoye” between 1515 and 1851; Madame de Sévigné remained there before settling in rue de Thorigny. At the corner of these streets was the mark of the jurisdiction of the great priors of the order of the temple, namely: the scale of the temple which was almost 16 meters high of 1550. It is cited under the name of “rue Sainte Avoye” in a manuscript of 1636 including the report of visit, dated April 22, 1636. The passage Sainte-Avoye , between rue Sainte-Croix-de-la-Bretonnerie and rue Michel-le-Comte, was part of the “Grande rue du Temple” then rue du Temple, The part which was formerly between rue Michel-le-Comte and boulevard du Temple, and which nowadays rue Michel-le-Comte in place de la République was in the 13C the rue de la Milice-du-Temple before becoming shortly after rue de la Chevalerie-du-Temple.

Some of the many but my favorite buildings on rue du Temple are:  Nos 12 to 16: The street retains the form it had in the 13C. The old hotel of the abbots of the Bec-Hellouin is located at Nos 14-16, At no 24: corner turret between rue du Temple and that of Sainte-Croix-de-la-Bretonnerie, dating from 1610, no 41: the old auberge de l’Aigle d’Or was in the 19C a line of diligence. A Louis XIII staircase is still visible in the passage. In the beautiful courtyard there is a café-theater, the café de la Gare, At no 43: 16C mansion with facades.. It has a majestic staircase with Henri IV ironwork and a black and white paved floor. There is the Association of young Chinese people in France (Language School). No 57: the Maximilien Titon hotel (16C), supplier of the arsenals, is at the bottom of the courtyard. Here resided in 1830 François Fortuné Guyot de Fère , one of the founders of the Free Society of the Fine Arts of Paris At nos, 60, 62-69.71 was the location of the Porte du Temple de enceinte or wall of Philippe Auguste in the 13C.Nos 61, 63: the old convent of the Ursulines of Sainte-Avoye suppressed in 1790 which extended to the rue Rambuteau pierced in 1838 led to the destruction of part of its buildings, No 62: passage Sainte-Avoye ,on the site of the new hotel-de-Montmorency ; the passage was opened in 1828; In 1838, during the drilling of rue Rambuteau, this hotel disappeared completely. The constable Anne de Montmorency died there in 1567. The hotel will become the property of Mesmes and that of Antoinette de Mesmes , wife of Louis Victor de Rochechouart de Mortemart Duke and Duchess of Vivonne, which lived there in 1676, In May 1716, the banker John Law installed his first bank there. This passage follows the layout of the enclosure of Philippe Auguste which went out in the rue du Temple between our 60 and 62. If no trace of the enclosure is currently visible, note however that these two numbers are not in the same alignment. No 69: Maison des Ursulines de Sainte-Avoye. This house built in 1522 property of the Saint-Pierre de Lagny abbey which yielded it in 1649 to the convent of the Ursulines de Sainte-Avoye located next. At no, 70 the corner of rue de Braque, is the hotel de Testars, located on the site of the old butcher’s shops in the Templars. No 71: the Hôtel de Saint-Aignan, built from 1645 to 1650,In 1680, he became the property of the Duke of Saint-Aignan. Paul de Beauvilliers, who was responsible for the education of the Duke of Burgundy, the Duke of Anjou and the Duke of Berry with Fénelon, it was from 1800 to 1823 the city hall of the old 7éme arrondissement. Since 1998, it houses the Museum of Art and History of Judaism. No 79: Hôtel de Montmor (1623), property of the treasurer Jean Habert de Montmor, known as “Montmor le Riche”. His son Henri Louis Habert de Montmor, friend of Madame de Sévigné, who had created a draft Academy of Sciences frequented by Descartes, Molière, Huygens, Roberval, and whose very rich library bought by Colbert is now part of the fund of the National Library of France, lived in these places from 1643. At No 106: Central telephone continue to no,108: where the salle Léger was, a place of meetings, especially political meetings at the end of the 19C ; the Salle Léger, 108, rue du Temple, found on a part of the current site of the telephone central. No 122 (formerly no 40): the family of Honoré de Balzac settled there in 1814 and lived there until 1819. The location of the old gate of the Temple of the enclosure of Charles V. This gate was located at the outlet of the current rue Meslay (formerly “rue du Rempart”) at the No. 2 and No. 207 on rue du Temple. No 195: Sainte-Élisabeth-de-Hongrie Church. A few meters further, rue du Temple is joined by rue de Turbigo. The odd side of the end of rue de Turbigo and the peer side of rue du Temple frame the Elisabeth-Dmitrieff square, where the only exit of the temple metro station leads. The rue du Temple reaches a few tens of meters further the Place de la République. Walk it !!!

The Pointe Trigano, the narrowest living building in Paris, It forms the angle of the streets of Cléry and Beauregard. The original building would have been built between 1650 and 1675. The building bears a commemorative plaque, whose inscription “here lived in 1793, the poet André Chénier” has long been a commercial argument for the various establishments Installed on the ground floor. It has nevertheless been proven since it is erroneous information. In 1793, André Chénier lived well on 97 rue de Cléry but according to the numbering in force during the French revolutionary period. His last home, where he will be arrested before being guillotined, was therefore at the current number 23. The building in question has been razed since rebuilt ,but rue Saint Claude renamed rue Chénier in his honor in 1864. Nowadays, shop or restaurant, there is no longer any signs on the front. Today, it would be a room with kitchen in the basement, living room on the ground floor, a bedroom per floor (from 1st to 3rd) and a highest floor ,a bathroom.

The rue de Cléry is in the 2éme arrondissement of Paris. Pierre Corneille lived in this street from 1665 to 1681, street he left to live in rue d’Argenteuil where he died in 1684 At no 29: Statue of Sainte Catherine at the corner of rue Poissonnière; Jacques Necker lived from 1766 to 1789 In the Le Blanc hotel. His wife, Suzanne Carchod, held a renowned literary show there. Madame de Staël was born at this address, in 1766, At no 97 House of Poet André Chénier. The building is located at the crossroads with rue Beauregard; A plate on the facade indicates “Pointe Trigano”. It is considered the narrowest residential building in Paris, The Rue Beauregard, also in the 2éme arrondissement of Paris, is located between rue Poissonnière , boulevard de Bonne-Nouvelle, and rue de Cléry This mound was first called ironically, like Montparnasse, « Mont Orgueil » or Mount Pride, origin of the name of the street which led there, rue Montorgueil. Rue Beauregard is joined or crossed by several streets; rue Poissonnière, rue Notre-Dame-de-Recouvrance, rue de la Ville-Neuve, rue Thorel, rue Notre-Dame-de-Bonne-Nouvelle and rue de Cléry which in finishing boulevard de Bonne-Nouvelle, the two streets merge. At No 5: In 1930, Margaret Baer Austin, Madeleine Massonneau, Margaret Ann Dorson, members of the La Fresque association, founded by the Fresquist painter Paul Baudoüin in 1925, realize in the courtyard of the elementary school, a fresco on the theme Fables de La Fontaine or fables of the fountain. At No 52: Plaque reminiscent of the escape attempt by Louis XVI, January 21, 1793, organized by Baron de Batz. At the crossroads with rue de Cléry: House of Poèt André Chénier. A plate on the facade indicates “Pointe Trigano”. It is considered the narrowest residential building in Paris

The Paris Centre city hall on the city guide: https://mairiepariscentre.paris.fr/pages/paris-centre-le-city-guide-28004

The Paris tourist office on Paris Centre (inclus district 1-4): https://parisjetaime.com/eng/article/explore-the-centre-of-paris-a846

For reference on sights,the Paris tourist office on the Church Sainte Elizabeth de Hongrie: https://parisjetaime.com/eng/culture/eglise-sainte-elisabeth-de-hongrie-p1245

The Paris tourist office on the Museum of Jewish Art and History : https://parisjetaime.com/eng/culture/musee-d-art-et-d-histoire-du-judaisme-p3581

The Paris tourist office on the above mentioned theater café ,the Café de la Gare: https://parisjetaime.com/eng/culture/cafe-de-la-gare-p1237

The Paris tourist office on the Cinéma Luminor (films since 1914): https://parisjetaime.com/eng/culture/cinema-luminor-hotel-de-ville-p1304

There you go folks, another dandy beautiful set of glorious streets of my eternal Paris. I have criss cross them many and have many in my blog already, Again, hope you enjoy this post on the streets of Paris, part IX !!! as I.

And remember happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!