Rue de la Bûcherie
Street in Paris, France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Rue de la Bûcherie is a street in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France.
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| Length | 160 m (520 ft) |
|---|---|
| Width | 8 m (26 ft) |
| Arrondissement | 5th |
| Quarter | Sorbonne |
| Coordinates | 48°51′11″N 2°20′43″E |
| From | Rue Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre |
| To | Rue du Petit-Pont |
| Construction | |
| Completion | 17th century |
Near the cathedral Notre-Dame de Paris and the Place Maubert, between La Seine and the Boulevard Saint-Germain, the Rue de la Bûcherie is one of the oldest Rive Gauche streets. In the Middle Ages, damaged meats were salted and boiled there to feed the poorest.[1]
In the 17th century, La Voisin, a chief personage in the famous affaire des poisons, which disgraced the reign of King Louis XIV, lived here.[citation needed]
Nicolas-Edme Rétif, the French novelist, lived on the Rue de la Bûcherie during the years leading to his death in 1806.[2]
Until the late 1970s, the place was a popular Parisian street with mixed modest restaurants (Lebanese, Asian, Pakistani), antiques dealers, and art galleries. In the 1970s, the Annick Gendron contemporary art gallery was established at no. 1.
The dissection amphitheatre of the ancient Faculty of Medicine where Jacques-Bénigne Winslow taught is still located on the Rue de la Bûcherie.
The name come from the ancient "Port aux bûches", a port where logs were put down.[3]
- Nos. 13-15: amphitheatre of the ancient Faculty of Medicine
- No. 37: Shakespeare and Company, a bookstore specializing in English language books while simultaneously employing and boarding English-speaking writers in Paris.
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