Les maisons peintes - Paris, France
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member seal13
N 48° 50.810 E 002° 22.247
31U E 453836 N 5410620
Une rue magnifique avec des maisons peintes dissimulées dans la grisaille parisienne. A wonderful street with painted houses hidden in the grey Paris.
Waymark Code: WM12RA5
Location: Île-de-France, France
Date Posted: 07/06/2020
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Outspoken1
Views: 3

Cette rue piétonne comporte, de part et d'autres, des maisons originales, peintes en couleurs gaies et sortant de l'ordinaire
Située à proximité de la gare de Lyon, la rue Crémieux est une rue piétonne, pavée depuis 1993, bordée de petits pavillons de profil semblables, à deux étages et aux façades colorées. La rue porte également la marque de l'inondation de 1910.
Ouverte en 1865 par le promoteur Moïse Polydore Millaud, à l'emplacement des anciennes Arènes nationales, la rue a porté jusqu'en 1897 le nom d'« avenue Millaud ».

The street was planned as the Millaud development in 1857, to provide housing for workers, and almost all the buildings were constructed at that time. It was known as Rue Millaud from 1865 to 1898, when it was renamed for Adolphe Crémieux. During the 1910 Great Flood of Paris, the water from the Seine reached as high as 1.75 metres (5.7 ft) on one of the buildings. A commemorative plaque marks the location. The street was closed to vehicles in 1993.
City: Paris

Location Name: Rue Crémieux

Media: Painton wall

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