Avenue de Suffren

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| name = Avenue de Suffren

| image = Avenue de Suffren, Paris 15e.jpg

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| caption = Avenue de Suffren near metro station Ségur.

| map_type = France Paris

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| coordinates = {{coord|48.851628|2.300144|type:landmark_scale:10000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| arrondissement = 7th, 15th

| quarter = Palais Royal. Place Vendôme. Gaillon.

| terminus_a =

| terminus_b =

| length = {{convert|1850|m|abbr=on}}

| width = {{convert|25|m|abbr=on}}

| completion_date = 1867

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The Avenue de Suffren is an avenue situated between the 7th and 15th arrondissements of Paris. It is named for the 18th-century admiral Pierre André de Suffren.

Location and access

The Avenue de Suffren has one of its extremities at the Quai Branly and the others at the Boulevard Garibaldi near the Place de la République-de-Panama. It intersects the avenues La Motte-Picquet, Lowendal, Ségur and Rue Pérignon.

The Rue de Buenos-Aires, Avenue Octave-Gréard, Rue Jean-Rey, Rue du Général-Lambert, Rue Desaix, Avenue Joseph-Bouvard, Rue Jean-Pierre-Bloch, Rue Champfleury, Rue de Presles, Avenue du Général-Détrie, Rue de la Fédération, Rue Jean-Carriès, Rue Dupleix, Avenue de Champaubert, Rue du Laos, Rue de l'Abbé-Roger-Derry, Rue Mario-Nikis, Rue Chasseloup-Laubat, Rue Valentin-Haüy, Rue Bellart, Rue Rosa-Bonheur, and Rue Barthélemy have an extremity at the Avenue de Suffren.

Metro station Ségur on Paris Métro Line 10 is at the intersection of the Avenue de Suffren and the Rue Pérignon.

History

The avenue was opened between what is now the Quai Branly and the Avenue de Lowendal when the Champ de Mars was built, around 1770. In 1838, the Minister of Finances transferred authority on the avenue to the City of Paris.{{Cite book|last=Alphand|first=Adolphe|url=https://archive.org/stream/villedeparisrec00fragoog#page/n157/mode/1up|title=Ville de Paris|last2=Deville|first2=Adrien|last3=Hochereau|first3=Émile|publisher=Imprimerie nouvelle (association ouvrière)|year=1886|isbn=|location=Paris|page=150|chapter=Ordonnance du 19 mars 1838}}.

In 1867, it was decided to prolongate the avenue up to the Rue Barthélémy and the Boulevard de Grenelle (now the Boulevard Garibaldi). The Abattoirs de Grenelle slaughterhouse had to be destroyed to allow the project to proceed.

Significant spots

90 avenue de Suffren, Paris 15e.jpg|No. 90

École militaire, avenue de Suffren, Paris 15e 1.jpg|South façade of the École militaire

Maison close - 106 avenue de Suffren - Paris.jpg|Façade of the brothel at no. 106, photographed between 1910 and 1912 by Eugène Atget

Notes, sources and references

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Bibliography

  • {{Cite book |last=Hermann |first=Brigitte|title=Paris 15e. Balades et bonnes adresses|last2=Sophie-Marguerite|publisher=Christine Bonneton éditeur|year=2010|isbn=978-2-86253-492-3|location=Paris|pages=224|language=fr}}.

See also