The rue de la Victoire is a street in the

9th arrondissement of Paris The 9th arrondissement of Paris (''IXe arrondissement'') is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, this arrondissement is referred to as the neuvième (; "ninth"). The arrondissement, called Opéra, is loc ...

. The former name of the street was "rue Chantereine", which means "singing

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s", after the many frogs in the area as the quarter was swampy. The street took the name "rue de la Victoire" in 1797 after the success of

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's campaign in Italy. In 1816, during the Bourbon Restoration, the street changed its name, but the name was restored in 1833.

Notable places

* Paris' Grande Synagogue is at Number 44. * The former hôtel Beauharnais, from which

organized the coup of the 18 Brumaire lies on the street. * The

Hotel Thellusson A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. Facilities provided inside a hotel room may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a ref ...

lay between the

Rue de Provence The rue de Provence is a street located in the 8th and 9th Arrondissements of Paris. It begins at the rue du Faubourg Montmartre and ends at the rue de Rome . Only the short part of the street between rue du Havre and rue de Rome is in the 8th a ...

and the Rue de la Victoire until its destruction in 1826. * At the junction with the

Rue Joubert The rue Joubert is a street in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. It is named after General Barthélemy Catherine Joubert, who was fatally wounded at the Battle of Novi in 1799. At n°20, (junction with rue de la Victoire) is a mansion ...

there is a townhouse designed by the architect

François-Joseph Bélanger François-Joseph Bélanger (; 12 April 1744 – 1 May 1818) was a French architect and decorator working in the Neoclassic style. Life Born in Paris, Bélanger attended the Académie Royale d'Architecture (1764–1766) where he studied u ...

. After his release from the Saint Lazare Prison, he rebuilt the property in a Neoclassical style.

References

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Histoire de Paris rue par rue, maison par maison
', Charles Lefeuve, 1875 Victoire {{Paris-road-stub