Place du Châtelet
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The Place du Châtelet (English translation: Fort Square ) is a square in Paris , only separated from the Seine by a promenade , on the border between the 1st arrondissement ( Quartier de Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois) and the 4th arrondissement ( Quartier de Saint-Merri).
The 79 by 40 meter square is bordered to the north by the Avenue Victoria, in the south on the Quai de la Mégisserie from him walk the Rue Saint-Denis , the Boulevard de Sebastopol , the Quai de Gesvres and the Ile de la Cité leading Pont au Change road bridge .
The Place du Châtelet was the location of the Grand Châtelet , a fort that secured the Grand Pont (today: Pont au Change) bridge over the Seine in the Middle Ages . After the construction of the city wall, it became the official seat of the Prévôt de Paris , including the judiciary and prison . In 1802 it was demolished on the orders of Napoleon Bonaparte .
The disappeared through his system
- Rue de la Joaillerie
- Rue du Pied de Boeuf
- Rue du Saint-Leufroi
- Rue de la Triperie and the
- Rue Trop va qui dure
Rue Pierre à Poisson fell victim to its expansion in 1854.
In the center of the space reserved for pedestrians is the Fontaine du Palmier , a column erected in 1808 to commemorate Napoleonic victories on a pedestal fountain from 1858 . On the sides of the square are two Davioud theaters commissioned by Baron Haussmann : the Théâtre du Châtelet (west side) and the Théâtre de la Ville (east side).
The Place du Châtelet gave its name to the Châtelet metro station and the Châtelet - Les Halles RER station .
For a number of years, the Place du Châtelet has been the meeting place for demonstrations by the Sans papiers (people without a residence permit for Western Europe).
Web links
- Nomenclature Place du Châtelet ( Memento of September 8, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
Coordinates: 48 ° 51 '27 " N , 2 ° 20' 50" E