Île Louviers
The Île Louviers , (also Île aux Javiaux), was one of the four medieval Seine islands in Paris . While the Île de la Cité was inhabited from ancient times and the Île aux Vaches and the Île Notre Dame were connected to the Île Saint-Louis from 1614 , the Île Louviers upstream remained uninhabited until the 19th century.
In 1408 the island belonged to Nicolas de Louviers , guild master of traders. Originally used as pasture, it was bought by the city in 1700 and leased to the timber merchants. In 1847, the Grammont ditch, which separated the island from the Rive Droite , was filled in , where the Boulevard Morland now runs . The fortification of what is now the only side of the river is now called Quai Henri IV . In the days of the June Uprising of 1848, makeshift camps were set up here for the army of Paris.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Théophile Lavallée, Histoire de Paris depuis le temps des Gaulois jusqu'à nos jours , 2nd edition, 1857, vol. II, chap. 2, p. 8
Coordinates: 48 ° 50 ′ 57 ″ N , 2 ° 21 ′ 48 ″ E