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Rue des Archives

Coordinates: 48°51′42″N 2°21′31″E / 48.86158°N 2.35867°E / 48.86158; 2.35867
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Rue des Archives
Rue des Archives is located in Paris
Rue des Archives
Shown within Paris
Length900 m (3,000 ft)
Width15 m (49 ft)
Arrondissement3rd, 4th
QuarterMarais
Coordinates48°51′42″N 2°21′31″E / 48.86158°N 2.35867°E / 48.86158; 2.35867
From50 Rue de Rivoli
To51 Rue de Bretagne
Construction
Completion1874
Denomination13th century

The Rue des Archives is a street in Le Marais at the border of 3rd and 4th arrondissements of Paris, France.[1]

Location and access

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The street is located in Le Marais district of central Paris. It is served by the metro stations Hôtel de Ville and Rambuteau.

Origin of the name

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This street owes its name to the fact that it runs alongside the Archives Nationales (National Archives) of France.

History

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Map between the Rue du Temple (Porte du Temple) and the Rue des Archives (Porte du Chaume)

The enclosure of Philippe Auguste initially cut off the street at no. 54 before a gate, the Porte du Chaume, was created at the end of the 13th century.

The Rue du Chaume, Rue du Grand-Chantier, and Rue des Enfants-Rouges were opened at the end of the 13th century as the main road for the subdivision of the Ville-Neuve du Temple created by the order of the Templars and once formed the Rue Neuve-du-Temple.[1]

On 23 May 1863, a decree declared the alignment of the Rue des Billettes, Rue de l'Homme-Armé, Rue du Chaume, Rue du Grand-Chantier, Rue des Enfants-Rouges, and Rue Molay.[2] These streets were designed to form a single axis crossing Le Marais.[3]

In 1874, the Rue des Archives was created by the merger of:[4]

In 1890, the street was extended between the Rue Rambuteau and the Rue de Rivoli by the absorption of:

Before 1910, the Rue des Archives ended at the Rue Dupetit-Thouars. At that time, the name of Rue Eugène-Spuller was given to the part of the Rue des Archives between the Rue de Bretagne and the Rue Dupetit-Thouars.

In 2019, three sections of the Rue des Archives were officially named (from north to south):[citation needed]

Buildings and structures

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The plans decided in 1863 were not fully implemented and historical buildings have therefore been preserved:[1]

  • Nos 22 to 26: eastern part of the Rue des Billettes with mainly the Church of Les Billettes, with the oldest medieval cloister still existing in its original form in Paris. On this part, the constructions of only the odd side were destroyed and replaced by aligned Haussmannian buildings while the opposite bank has retained its old irregular layout.
  • No 34: Building whose 1st and 2nd floors were occupied from 1965 to 1980 by a specialized school for hearing impaired people: Le Collège et Lycée Privés Morvan (Le Cours Morvan), now at no 68 Rue de la Chaussée d'Antin, in the 9th arrondissement.
  • No 40: House known as "Jacques Coeur" because it was owned by one of his descendants. Today there is a public nursery school there.
  • No 45: Former convent of the Fathers of the Merci; there are two wall sundials inside the courtyard, only one visible from the street.

On the part along the former convent, the street has retained its original width.

  • Rue des Archives at no 45
    Rue des Archives at no 45
  • Sundial
    Sundial
  • Northeast corner of the intersection of the Rue des Archives and the Rue des Francs-Bourgeois: remains of a fountain transformed into a viewing window during the reconstruction of the Hôtel de Soubise, then remodelled in 1959 after creating of a doorway.[5] A plate indicates the sea level measured in the basin of the port of Marseille, as well as its difference with the zero level of the Pont de la Tournelle.[6]
  • Remains of the ancient fountain of Chaume
    Remains of the ancient fountain of Chaume

Further up the street, there are other interesting buildings, notably at nos 79, 81, 85, and 90.[7]

  • No 81
    No 81
  • No 90
    No 90

Literature

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In the novel Ferragus: Chief of the Devorants, by Honoré de Balzac, the widow Gruget lives at no 12 in the Rue des Enfants-Rouges. This is where Jules Desmarets listens to the conversation between his wife (Clémence Desmarets) and Ferragus XXIII.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Rue des Archive". ParisMarais: The Art of Living Guide. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  2. ^ Alphand, Adolphe; Deville, Adrien; Hochereau, Émile (1886). "Decree of 23 May 1863". In Imprimerie nouvelle (association ouvrière) (ed.). Ville de Paris: Collection of letters patent, royal ordinances, decrees and prefectural orders concerning public roads (in French). Paris. p. 348.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ "General plan of the works of Paris at the scale of 0.001 for 10 meters (1/10,000) indicating the routes executed and planned from 1851 to 1868". gallica.bnf.fr..
  4. ^ Opcit, “Decree of June 25, 1874”, p. 402.
  5. ^ a b Hillairet, Jacques. Dictionnaire historique des rues de Paris (in French). Vol. 1. p. 104.
  6. ^ "Paristoric". www.paristoric.com.
  7. ^ Hillairet, Jacques. Dictionnaire historique des rues de Paris (in French). Vol. 1. pp. 105–106.
  8. ^ de Balzac, Honoré (1977). Ferragus: Chief of the Devorants. Bibliothèque de la Pléiade. Vol. V. Éditions Gallimard. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

Bibliography

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  • Gady, Alexandre (2002). Le Marais: Guide historique et architectural. Paris: Éditions Le Passage. p. 368. ISBN 978-2847420050.
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