Rue Saint-Denis (Paris)

The Rue Saint- Denis is one of the oldest streets in Paris. It forms the historical path to Saint -Denis and Flanders and was built in the 1st century. Since 1134 Rue Saint- Denis is lined with houses.

Course

It begins at the Victoria Avenue 12, in the 1st and 2nd arrondissement,

  • The Quartier Saint -Germain l' Auxerrois (No. 1 to 5 and 2 to 10)
  • The Quartier des Halles (No. 7-133 and 12-104 to)
  • The Quartier de Bonne -Nouvelle (No. 135-293 and 106-252 )

And ends after 1334 meters on the Boulevard de Bonne -Nouvelle 1 and Boulevard Saint -Denis 19

At its southern end it merges into the Place du Châtelet, at its northern end into the rue du Faubourg Saint -Denis; on the Rue de la Chapelle they extended into the Route nationale 1, and was the main road to the north, towards Saint -Denis and Flanders, but in fact also to the west, as it again meets in Saint Denis on the Seine and the Seine- loop following the direction of Normandy can turn without once again to cross the river. As a main road it was replaced by the urban renewal project of Baron Haussmann mid-19th century by the Boulevard de Sebastopol 100 meters to the east.

On its 1.3 kilometers of the Rue Saint- Denis crosses above all:

  • The Rue de Rivoli
  • Rue Berger
  • Rue Etienne Marcel / Rue aux Ours
  • Rue de Turbigo, and
  • Rue Reaumur

Between the Place des Innocents and the Rue de Turbigo the Rue Saint- Denis was converted into a pedestrian zone. On this section of the road is one of the two known red-light district of the city.

History

When the traffic from the old Cardo ( Rue Saint- Martin and the road to Soissons ) shifted in the post-Roman time away and more to Flanders oriented towards the Rue Saint- Denis was the traffic engineering artery of the city north of the Seine - which was also expressed by that now was the Seine bridge at its end (today's Pont au Change ), which was secured by the Grand Châtelet, during the Roman bridge further east later even demolished and so the old Cardo was interrupted.

In the Middle Ages, the Rue Saint- Denis was the name:

  • Celery de Paris
  • Celery de la Grande Rue (13th century)
  • Grand'rue de Paris
  • Rue des Saints Innocents
  • Grand Chaussée de Monsieur
  • Grant Chaussée de Monseigneur Saint- Denis (14th century)

During the French Revolution it was called Rue de Franciade.

Attractions

According to its former role as the main road north of the Seine, the Rue Saint- Denis had a number of notable buildings that no longer exist, however, for the most part:

  • The road began at the Grand Châtelet, today only remembers the Place du Châtelet and the metro station Châtelet at this.
  • At the junction with the Rue des Lombards (formerly Rue de la Verrerie ) the Church Saint- Opportune ( left) and the Hôpital Sainte Catherine stood (right)
  • A few meters away is the Square des Innocents, with its center at the Renaissance fountain Fontaine des Innocents (1547-1549) by Pierre Lescot rises, which was decorated by Jean Goujon with sculptures. Originally formed the fountain at a house located right on the Rue Saint -Denis, a kind of loggia. At its current location it is only since the 19th century.
  • The once standing at this point monastery Couvent des Innocents ( Monastery of the Holy Innocents ) was demolished in 1786. The corresponding large central cemetery in Paris, the Cimetière des Innocents was closed, put the bones in the catacombs of the city, in its place at what was then the outskirts of the Cimetière de Montmartre (north), the Cimetière Père Lachaise Cemetery (East), the Cimetière de Montparnasse ( south) and the Cimetière de Passy (West) created.
  • Behind the Rue des Prêcheurs stood where today the Rue Rambuteau comes from the right on the Rue Saint -Denis, the great monastery of Sainte- Magloire, which was secularized in 1564 (No. 82).
  • The church of Saint -Leu -Saint -Gilles was built since 1235 and in the 16th - 17th Century expanded. In 1860 the eastern façade of Victor Baltard was rebuilt in neo-renaissance style.
  • A few meters after the junction with the Rue aux Ours and rue Étienne Marcel was the first Porte Saint- Denis, which belonged to King Philip II to the wall.
  • Turn left into Rue Étienne Marcel in stand on the right side - at that time attached directly to the city walls - the remains of the Hôtel de Bourgogne ( in particular the Tour Jean sans Peur ), which over the time of the Armagnacs and Burgundian a central role in the reign played the city.
  • About 100 meters north of the junction with the Rue de Turbigo is the Passage du Grand -Cerf, which connects the Rue Saint- Denis with rue Dussoubs. The shopping mall was opened in 1835 and houses among other things, some art galleries.
  • Further along the road remember the cross streets Rue Saint- Sauveur ( left) and the Passage de la Trinité (right ) to the same church or the same monastery
  • At the northern end of the street, the second Porte Saint -Denis, the gateway to Saint- Denis was within the city walls Étienne Marcel. This gate was in the years 1671-1673 replaced by a triumphal arch in honor of Louis XIV, which was built to a design by François Blondel. The reliefs on the arch are the sculptor Michel Anguier attributed. The arch has a width and a height of approx 23 m.

Others

1988/89 is the road in the Rue St. Denis Diageschichte (94 B / W slides ( Super Slide ) 50. Minutes ) portrays the artist photographer Brigitte touch.

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