Muette
Muette is the 62nd district of Paris and one of four quarters in the 16th arrondissement in the geographical center of which it is located. It borders Porte Dauphine to the north, Chaillot to the northeast, the Seine to the east, Auteuil to the south and the Bois de Boulogne to the west . The name comes from the former La Muette castle , which, with its extensive parks, lay between the Bois de Boulogne in the west and the old village of Passy in the east.
Meaning of the name
The origin of the name is unclear. Probably the most likely theory is that the term is derived from the word muete , which was often used in the late 18th century to describe a group of deerhounds used to hunt deer and deer in the nearby Bois de Rouvray . What is certain, however, is that the similar-sounding name La Meute was associated with the hunting lodge that Francis I (1494–1547) had built on the edge of the forest in the 1540s and that the French royal family used when some of its members came here. to go hunting. In 1572 the hunting lodge was converted into a castle.
Premiere in aviation
The history of balloon flight began in Europe in 1783 with the paper manufacturer Joseph Michel Montgolfier and his brother Jacques Étienne Montgolfier . After making a first attempt at Annonay in June 1783 , they repeated their venture at the invitation of King Louis XVI. on November 21, 1783 in the gardens of La Muette. The flight on that day with the physicist Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier (1757–1785) and the Marquis d'Arlandes on board was the first flight in the presence of members of the royal family and the later US President Benjamin Franklin (1706– 1790), who was living in Passy at the time.
Limitations
The border to Porte Dauphine runs roughly from west to east through Place de Colombie , Place Tattegrain , Avenue Henri-Martin and Avenue Georges-Mandel to Place du Trocadéro-et-du-11-Novembre ; a dividing point also to the Chaillot quarter.
The border to Chaillot runs from the already mentioned Place du Trocadéro in a south-easterly direction through the geographical center of the Palais de Chaillot , the Jardins du Trocadéro in front of it , the Place de Varsovie and the Pont d'Iéna , which lead over to the Eiffel Tower in the 7th arrondissement on the other side of the river opposite the Palais de Chaillot. The border with the 15th arrondissement then runs in a south-westerly direction along the Seine and Port de Passy .
The southern border with Auteuil runs from west to east along the Place de la Porte de Passy , the Rue de l'Assomption , the Place du Docteur Hayem , the Rue de Boulainvilliers to the Pont de Grenelle , which leads over to the 15th arrondissement.
Transport links
A total of three stations of the Paris Métro are in Muette and another station on its border. The Rue de la Pompe station on the route 9 is located on its northern border with the Porte-Dauphine quarter . The next station on the same line to the south is La Muette , which is almost in the geographical center of the district of the same name. Line 9 also serves Ranelagh station in the south of the district not far from the border with Auteuil . To the east of Muette is the Passy station , which belongs to line 6 and is close to the Pont de Bir-Hakeim , which leads across the Seine to the 15th arrondissement.
Special properties
In addition to the aforementioned Palais de Chaillot and the Jardins du Trocadéro, the southwestern half of which belongs to Muette, there are Cimetière de Passy in the northeast of Muette and Radio France in the southeast . The Jardin du Ranelagh takes up a large part of the west side of Muette .
Individual evidence
- ↑ History of the Château de la Muette (English)
- ^ Philippe Siguret, Bertrand Lemoine : Vie et histoire du XIVe arrondissement (Edition Hervas, Paris 1991), p. 35