Place de l'Estrapade is a square in the

5th arrondissement of Paris The 5th arrondissement of Paris (''Ve arrondissement'') is one of the 20 Arrondissements of Paris, arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, this arrondissement is referred to as ''le cinquième''. The arrondissement, als ...

, France. It is located where

rue de l'Estrapade The Rue de l’Estrapade is a street in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, situated at the border between the quartier du Val-de-Grâce and the quartier de la Sorbonne. It follows the line of the Wall of Philip II Augustus and is named after the 'e ...

meets

rue Lhomond Rue Lhomond is a street in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. It is located in the quartier du Val-de-Grâce and has existed since the 15th century. It was once known as ''rue des Poteries'' after its Gallo-Roman pottery workshops (re-dis ...

and

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and marks the border between

quartier du Val-de-Grâce The quartier du Val-de-Grâce is the 19th administrative district or 'quartier' of Paris, located in the 5th arrondissement of the city. Its borders are boulevard de Port-Royal to the south, boulevard Saint-Michel to the west, rue Soufflot, rue ...

and

la Sorbonne The University of Paris (french: link=no, Université de Paris), Metonymy, metonymically known as the Sorbonne (), was the leading university in Paris, France, active from 1150 to 1970, with the exception between 1793 and 1806 under the French Revo ...

. It is named after the 'estrapade' or

strappado The strappado, also known as corda, is a form of torture in which the victim's hands are tied behind his back and the victim is suspended by a rope attached to the wrists, typically resulting in dislocated shoulders. Weights may be added to t ...

inflicted there on prisoners (especially

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) until it was forbidden by Louis XIII of France. It has also been known as ''carrefour de Braque'' and ''place Neuve-de-Fourcy''.

In popular culture

Place de l'Estrapade was prominently featured in the 2020 Netflix television show ''

Emily in Paris ''Emily in Paris'' is an American romantic comedy television series created by Darren Star for Netflix. Set in Paris, the series stars Lily Collins as aspiring marketing executive Emily Cooper, an American who moves to France to provide an Ameri ...

'' and in the 2023 Netflix '' The Killer''.

Sources

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