The Rue de la Bûcherie () is a street in the

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, France.

History

Near the cathedral

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and the Place Maubert, between La Seine and the

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, the Rue de la Bûcherie is one of the oldest

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streets. In the

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, damaged meats were salted and boiled there to feed the poorest.Plaisir de France In the 17th century,

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, a chief personage in the famous '' affaire des poisons'', which disgraced the reign of King

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, lived here.{{citation needed, date=November 2014 Nicolas-Edme Rétif, the French

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, lived on the Rue de la Bûcherie during the years leading to his death in 1806.Alain Dautriat,
Sur les murs de Paris : guide des plaques commémoratives p, 47
', L'Inventaire, 1999 Until the late 1970s, the place was a popular Parisian street with mixed modest restaurants (Lebanese, Asian, Pakistani), antiques dealers, and art galleries. In the 1970s, the Annick Gendron contemporary art gallery was established at no. 1. The dissection amphitheatre of the ancient Faculty of Medicine where

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taught is still located on the Rue de la Bûcherie.

Origin of the name

The name come from the ancient "Port aux bûches", a port where logs were put down.Théophile-Sébastien Lavallée,
Histoire des Français depuis le temps des Gaulois jusqu'en 1830
', II,

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Notable buildings

* Nos. 13-15: amphitheatre of the ancient Faculty of Medicine * No. 37: Shakespeare and Company, a bookstore specializing in English language books while simultaneously employing and boarding English-speaking writers in Paris.

History

Origin of the name

Notable buildings

Closest transport

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