ÃŽle Saint-Louis

The Ile Saint- Louis is next to the Ile de la Cité, the smaller of the two located in the heart of Paris inland islands of the Seine.

History

While the Ile de la Cité was settled early, stayed its neighboring island of undeveloped until the beginning of the 17th century. Strictly speaking, it consisted of two adjacent, by a His arm but separate isles, " Ile aux Vaches " and " Ile Notre Dame" called. Both have been used for grazing animals and belonged to the church. Although there was on the Île de la Cité acute lack of space and the interest was great to make the neighboring islands reclaimed, the Church resisted long the building.

In 1614 finally commissioned Louis XIII. the contractor Christophe Marie with the development of the site. The two small islands were covers with a quay wall, which they filled separating Seinearm and built bridges to the river banks. The bridge that connects the island to the Marais, still bears the name of its owner: Pont Marie. It was completed in 1635 and was originally ( as was customary ) built up with houses.

The city was first built from newly acquired about 1618 houses for artisans and merchants. It was not until 1638, when an end to the dispute became apparent with the clergy, the nobles also began to be built luxurious palaces. The development was carried out according to a fixed layout with straight streets, which can be seen today.

1726 was given the island its present name after Louis IX. , Who was canonized by Pope Boniface VIII in 1297. During the Revolution, her name was briefly changed to " Ile de la Fraternité ".

To date, the Île Saint -Louis is one of the most sought after and most expensive places to live in Paris.

Bridges to the island

  • The Pont Saint- Louis, which leads to the Ile de la Cité;
  • The Pont de la Tour Nelle of the Rive Gauche;
  • The Pont Louis -Philippe of the Rive Droite;
  • The Pont Marie from the rive droite;
  • The Pont Sully from both banks of Seine.

Attractions

Worth seeing are:

  • The church of Saint -Louis -en- l'île, built by the architect François Le Vau;
  • Hôtel Lambert ( 1 Quai d' Anjou / 2 rue Saint -Louis en l' Ile ), built in the years 1640 to 1644 by Louis Le Vau;
  • The Hôtel de Lauzun (17 quai d' Anjou ), built in the years 1656 to 1657 by Louis Le Vau, former property of the Richelieu family. In the 19th century it was inhabited Théophile Gautier, Charles Baudelaire and the painter Ferdinand Boissard, in whose house the " Club des hachichins " was established, in which the three friends with numerous scientists, writers and artists gathered for the common hashish. The district included the psychiatrist Jacques -Joseph Moreau, Honoré de Balzac, Eugène Delacroix, Alexandre Dumas and Gérard de Nerval.
  • Hôtel Le Vau (3 Quai d' Anjou ), built by Louis Le Vau;
  • Petit Hôtel de Marigny (5 Quai d' Anjou ), built around 1640
  • Hôtel Jassaud (19 Quai de Bourbon ), built in 1666 bis in 1670.
  • Hôtel Chenizot;
  • The monument in honor of the sculptor Antoine- Louis Barye, created in 1894 by Laurent Marqueste; Square de Barye at the eastern tip of the island, below the Pont de Sully.

Personalities

Well-known residents of the Île Saint -Louis were or are, in chronological order of their birth years:

  • Philippe de Champaigne (1602-1674), painter; probably 15 Quai Bourbon
  • Abraham Bosse (c. 1604-1676 ), engraver
  • Louis Le Vau (1612-1670), architect; Hôtel Le Vau 1642-1650
  • Nicolas Lambert de Thorigny († 1680), president of the Royal Audit Chamber ( Chambre des Comptes ); Hôtel Lambert
  • Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695); Hôtel Lauzun
  • Molière (1622-1673), playwright, actor and theater director; Hôtel Lauzun
  • Antoine de Nompar Caumont, duc de Lauzun (1633-1723), courtier, captain of the bodyguard of the king; Hôtel Lauzun 1682-1685
  • Jean Racine (1639-1699), author; Hôtel Lauzun
  • Voltaire (1694-1778), philosopher; Hôtel Lambert
  • Jean -Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), philosopher; Hôtel Lambert
  • Quatremère de Quincy (1755-1849), archaeologist and art historian; 19 Quai de Bourbon in 1827
  • Adam Jerzy Czartoryski (1770-1861), Russian Foreign Minister, Prime Minister of the Polish revolutionary government of 1830; Hôtel Lambert
  • Honoré Daumier (1808-1879), sculptor, painter, graphic artist and cartoonist; 9 Quai d' Anjou 1846-1863
  • Théophile Gautier (1811-1872), writer; Hôtel de Lauzun (Hôtel Pimodan ) 1845
  • Boissard Ferdinand (1813-1866), painter; Hôtel de Lauzun (Hôtel Pimodan ) 1844
  • Ernest Meissonier (1815-1891), painter; 15 Quai Bourbon in 1840
  • Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867), poet; Quai de Béthune in 1842, Hôtel de Lauzun (Hôtel de Pimodan ) from 1843 to 1845
  • Stuart Merrill (1863-1915), poet of American origin; 53 Quai Bourbon
  • Camille Claudel (1864-1943), sculptor; 19 Quai de Bourbon 1899-1913
  • Marie Curie (1867-1934), chemist and physicist; 36 Quai de Béthune
  • Emile Bernard (1868-1941), painter and poet; 15 Quai Bourbon
  • Helena Rubinstein (1870-1965), cosmetics entrepreneur; 24 Quai de Béthune
  • Léon Blum (1872-1950), politician; 25 Quai de Bourbon
  • Charles -Louis Philippe (1874-1909), author; 31 Quai de Bourbon from 1905 to 1907 and 45/47 Quai de Bourbon 1907-1909
  • Francis Carco (1886-1958), writer; 18 Quai de Béthune
  • Georges Pompidou (1911-1974), French President Sarkozy and his wife Claude (1912-2007); 24 Quai de Béthune
  • Louis de Funès (1914-1983), actor; 24 Quai de Béthune
  • Henri Dutilleux (1916-2013), composer
  • Roland Dumas ( * 1922 ), politician
  • Claude Sarraute (* 1927), journalist
  • Jean -Claude Brialy (1933-2007), actor and director
  • Georges Moustaki (1934-2013), composer
  • Guy Bedos ( born 1934 ), comedian
  • Bryan Adams ( born 1959 ), singer, composer and photographer
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