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L’'''avenue de Wagram''' is a street in the [[8e arrondissement (Paris)|8th]] and [[17e arrondissement de Paris|17th]] arrondissements of [[Paris]], between the [[place de Wagram]] and the [[place Charles-de-Gaulle]] (formerly the [[place Charles-de-Gaulle|place de l'Étoile]], and now containing the [[Arc de Triomphe]]). It is 1.5 km long and 36m wide. It is named after Napoleon's 1809 victory at the [[battle of Wagram]] and is cut by the [[place des Ternes]]. It was given its present name on 2 March 1864, having formerly been known as ''boulevard de l'Étoile'' or ''boulevard de Bezons'' in the section between [[avenue des Ternes]] and present-day place Charles-de-Gaulle and as ''Route départementale n°6'' in the section between [[avenue des Ternes]] and [[place de Wagram]]. |
L’'''avenue de Wagram''' is a street in the [[8e arrondissement (Paris)|8th]] and [[17e arrondissement de Paris|17th]] arrondissements of [[Paris]], between the [[place de Wagram]] and the [[place Charles-de-Gaulle]] (formerly the [[place Charles-de-Gaulle|place de l'Étoile]], and now containing the [[Arc de Triomphe]]). It is 1.5 km long and 36m wide. It is named after Napoleon's 1809 victory at the [[battle of Wagram]] and is cut by the [[place des Ternes]]. It was given its present name on 2 March 1864, having formerly been known as ''boulevard de l'Étoile'' or ''boulevard de Bezons'' in the section between [[avenue des Ternes]] and present-day place Charles-de-Gaulle and as ''Route départementale n°6'' in the section between [[avenue des Ternes]] and [[place de Wagram]]. |
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It was first opened on 16 January 1789 between [[rue de Tilsitt]] and [[rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré]] then on 13 August 1854 between place de l'Étoile and rue de Tilsitt. |
It was first opened on 16 January 1789 between [[rue de Tilsitt]] and [[rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré]] then on 13 August 1854 between place de l'Étoile and rue de Tilsitt. |
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* [[Prosper d'Épinay]] ( |
* [[Prosper d'Épinay]] (1836–1914), sculptor (n° 26, in 1910).<ref>Félix de Rochegude, ''Promenades dans toutes les rues de Paris. VIIIe arrondissement'', Paris, Hachette, 1910, p. 92</ref> |
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* [[René Lenormand]] ( |
* [[René Lenormand]] (1846–1932), composer, father of [[Henri-René Lenormand]] (1882–1951), playwright (n° 29, 5th floor).<ref>Becq de Fouquières, ''Op. cit.'', pp. 274-275</ref> |
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L’avenue de Wagram is a street in the 8th and 17th arrondissements of Paris, between the place de Wagram and the place Charles-de-Gaulle (formerly the place de l'Étoile, and now containing the Arc de Triomphe). It is 1.5 km long and 36m wide. It is named after Napoleon's 1809 victory at the battle of Wagram and is cut by the place des Ternes. It was given its present name on 2 March 1864, having formerly been known as boulevard de l'Étoile or boulevard de Bezons in the section between avenue des Ternes and present-day place Charles-de-Gaulle and as Route départementale n°6 in the section between avenue des Ternes and place de Wagram.
History
It was first opened on 16 January 1789 between rue de Tilsitt and rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré then on 13 August 1854 between place de l'Étoile and rue de Tilsitt.
Buildings
Surviving
Destroyed
Notable inhabitants
- Prosper d'Épinay (1836–1914), sculptor (n° 26, in 1910).[1]
- René Lenormand (1846–1932), composer, father of Henri-René Lenormand (1882–1951), playwright (n° 29, 5th floor).[2]