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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 pictures from cd rom vault that should be here for you and me.  As always thank you for following my blog some since Nov 26, 2010. Therefore, here is my take on the streets of Paris, part XXXIII !!! Hope you enjoy it as I.

The Square Marie-Curie is located in the 13éme arrondissement of Paris. It was originally built in 1931, however, completely renovated and re inaugurated on August 30, 2025, open 24 hours a day. Of course, This square located by 21 Boulevard de l’Hôpital, in front of the Saint-Louis courtyard of the Salpêtrière hospital, covers an area of ​​4,091 m2. The statue of Doctor Philippe Pinel placed in the square was transferred to the center of Place Pinel at the beginning of May 2023 after restoration. You can access this square and Bd on the RER C Gare d’Austerlitz, Metro line 5 Saint-Marcel exit/sortie no 1 Bd de l’Hôpital La Pitié-Salpêtrière ,and bus lines 24, 57, and 91 arrêt/stop Saint Marcel, Formerly a green path located at the cour Saint Louis entrance to the Pitié-Salpétrière Hospital,with the oldest buildings, were built in the 17C on the initiative of Louis XIV. The square was redesigned and extended to coincide with the creation of the Austerlitz underground water reservoir, completed in 2024. Offering beautiful views of the Salpêtrière Hospital, the straight paths fan out from the central crescent-shaped square. Rows of trees, including oaks, lime trees, and Siberian elms, shade the cobblestone paths. The square has been a tribute to the Polish-born French physicist Marie Sklodowska Curie since 1934. She conducted extensive research on radioactivity with her husband, Pierre Curie. She won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 and in Chemistry in 1911 for isolating radium. Upon the death of Pierre Curie, she became the first woman lecturer at the Sorbonne and the first director of a university laboratory.

A bit on the street from which you can enter the square The boulevard de l’Hôpital ,is on the 13éme arrondissement of Paris but, also runs alongside the 5éme arrondissement. It is 1,395 meters long, it starts at the Gare de Paris-Austerlitz, as an extension of the Pont d’Austerlitz, and climbs gently towards Place d’Italie, which it joins at the corner of the arrondissement city/town hall. It serves the Jardin des Plantes and the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital. It follows the route of Metro Line 5 for four stations. This road is so named because of its proximity to the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital. The Boulevard de l’Hôpital is one of the “boulevards du Midi” of Louis XIV, the construction of which was to complete the belt of boulevards already built on the right bank. This route was moved to the east of the Jardin du Roi ,current Jardin des Plantes by a decree of November 4, 1684. An alleyway linking the Jardin du Roi to the Seine was laid out in 1687 on the site of the lower, eastern part of the current Jardin des Plantes, west of the future Boulevard de l’Hôpital, named “desserte du Jardin-du-Roi” or “rue du rempart Saint-Victor” The part located on the side of the odd numbers between rue Pinel and rue Fagon marked the limit of the Villejuif slaughterhouses. Victor Hugo mentioned the boulevard in 1823 in Les Misérables. Around 1850, it was the site of the horse market, near the Salpêtrière asylum. The animal painter Rosa Bonheur had received prefectural authorization to dress as a man so she could set up shop there and capture the scenes. Notable buildings here are at No. 7 bis: Gare d’Austerlitz (see post). No. 46: Birthplace of Jacques Chaban Delmas, a French resistance fighter, brigadier general, and statesman. He was Prime Minister from June 20, 1969, to July 5, 1972. No. 82: Saint-Marcel Church, built in 1856 to replace an older building. The current church was inaugurated in 1966. The old presbytery still stands in the garden, behind the church. No. 104: the Deux-Moulins barrier, of the Fermiers Généraux wall, was located at the corner of rue Duméril. No. 151: National School of Arts and Crafts, built in 1910 on the site of the Villejuif slaughterhouses destroyed in 1907-1908. No. 169: sculpture representing Josephine Baker in the uniform of the French Air Force.

The Paris tourist office on the 13éme arrondissement de Paris : https://parisjetaime.com/eng/article/a-walk-through-the%20villages-of-the-13th-arrondissement-a775

The Paris tourist office on the Hospital de la Salpêtriére : https://parisjetaime.com/pro/hopital-de-la-pitie-salpetriere-p2696

The Cité Anne-Marie Bauer estate is located in the 14éme arrondissement of Paris. It begins at 40 Rue Didot and ends at 23 Rue Boyer-Barret, Until 2024, the street took its name from that of a property owner. By a resolution of the Paris Council of February 9, 2024, the street was renamed the Anne-Marie Bauer estate, in tribute to the French resistance fighter Anne-Marie Bauer. The current Cité Bauer was opened under the name “Cité Barré” in Petit-Montrouge, a territory of the village of Montrouge, annexed by the City of Paris in 1860. The notable buildings here me think are the wonderful heart-shaped gate with wrought iron flowers at No 19, (see pic) closer to Rue Boyer-Barret, Its most beautiful treasure remains the sublime wrought iron and wood gate decorated front, This true work of art seems to irremediably catch the eye of passers-by. And for good reason, you won’t come across an entrance of this style twice in the City, This double door is the work of Alexandre Mezei, a wood sculptor of Hungarian origin who lived there in the 1950s. We first notice the two hearts cut into the wood, then we discover the many details with Slavic charm that adorn the two doors: tulip-shaped fittings, a painting representing a shepherd playing the flute accompanied by his dog, a small bell there to remind us of the time when doorbells were not yet born, and a sublime frieze that runs along the gate. On the small door on the left, we can read “Isten Hozott” which means “Welcome” in Hungarian, while the large door on the right says, in French this time, « Soyez les bienvenus » or Be welcome,

The Paris tourist office on the Cité Bauer : https://parisjetaime.com/eng/transport/cite-bauer-p2023

The Paris tourist office on the 14éme arrondissement de Paris : https://parisjetaime.com/eng/article/explore-paris-s-14th-arrondissement-a836

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 XXXIII !!! as I.

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