Rue Voltaire, Sceaux
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| Location | Sceaux |
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| Coordinates | 48°46′39″N 2°17′24″E / 48.77750°N 2.29000°E |
Rue Voltaire is a street in the town of Sceaux in the Hauts-de-Seine, France.[1][2]
Location and access[edit]
It begins its route to the north, Place du Général-de-Gaulle, roundabout of rue de Fontenay, avenue de Camberwell and rue Houdan.[3]
It meets, among other things, rue Émile-Morel (formerly rue des Agriculteurs[4]) and rue du Four, a very old road in the city.[5]
It ends in the axis of Avenue Cauchy, at the height of rue des Imbergères.
Origin of the name[edit]
This street, which has no other name and whose existence dates back at least to 1833, bears the name of the French writer François Marie Arouet, known as Voltaire (1694-1778).
History[edit]
The original alleyway had a zigzagging path between historical residences, led to both a communal watering point and a wash house. Its route included a notable bend where it skirted the periphery of the Château des Imbergères, an building built on the foundations of a 16th-century country house. The château experienced numerous ownership changes throughout the centuries. In 1910, the property underwent its final sale; the subsequent owners leased the main house to a wine merchant.
The establishment of rue Voltaire, a new thoroughfare, cut through the château's grounds. This development culminated in the irreversible demolition of the Château des Imbergères in 1939.[6]
The street was widened again in 1933,[7][8] removing the rue de la Lune.[9] The entire site was repaved in the early 2020s.[10]
Notable buildings[edit]
- Cité scolaire Marie-Curie, a school complex, built in 1929 in a building donated by the City of Paris.[11]
- Location of the former Château des Imbergères, around n°41.
References[edit]
- ^ "Rue Voltaire à Sceaux". cartorum.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-09-08.
- ^ "Rue Voltaire | Archives de Sceaux". archives.sceaux.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-09-08.
- ^ "Sceaux - Place du Général de Gaulle et abords". Inventons la Métropole du Grand Paris (in French). Retrieved 2023-09-08.
- ^ Cartographe, Société générale des plans indicateurs (1930). "Planimètre des villes de Châtenay-Malabry, Bourg-la-Reine, Antony, Sceaux". Gallica (in French). Retrieved 2023-09-08.
- ^ "Sur les traces de l'îlot Voltaire - P.08 SceauxMagwww.sceaux.fr". fr.readkong.com (in French). Retrieved 2023-09-08.
- ^ "Une demeure disparue : le château des Imbergères". amis-de-sceaux.org (in French). 2011-10-06. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
- ^ "Place du Général-de-Gaulle : Les enjeux d'un projet d'envergure" (PDF). www.sceaux.fr (pdf) (in French). Retrieved 2023-09-09.
- ^ Fériel, Cédric (2017). "Le Grand Paris des villages métropolitains : La stratégie de la banlieue « bleue » face à l'expansion parisienne dans les années 1970. L'exemple de Sceaux". Inventer le Grand Paris (in French). Retrieved 2023-09-09.
- ^ "BERNADOTTE Jean-Baptiste | Archives de Sceaux". archives.sceaux.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-09-09.
- ^ "Enquête publique à Sceaux à l'intersection des RD60 et 67". Conseil départemental des Hauts-de-Seine (in French). 2021-01-04. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
- ^ "Plans et projet – Cité scolaire Marie-Curie de Sceaux" (in French). Retrieved 2023-09-09.