The Rue Pierre Charron () is a street in the
8th arrondissement of Paris
The 8th arrondissement of Paris (''VIIIe arrondissement'') is one of the 20 Arrondissements of Paris, arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, the arrondissement is colloquially referred to as ''le huitième'' ().
The ar ...
, near the
Avenue Montaigne
The Avenue Montaigne () is a street in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, 8th arrondissement of Paris, France.
Origin of the name
The Avenue Montaigne was originally called the Allée des Veuves ("Widows' Alley") because women in mourning gathered ...
high-fashion district.
History
This street was once part of a single Rue de Morny that extended until the
Place d'Iéna. Already with its present name, its section between the
Avenue George V
The Avenue George V () is an avenue in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. It starts at the Place de l'Alma, and ends at 99 avenue des Champs-Elysées. It marks the western limit of Paris's "golden triangle" ().
Until 14 July 1918, the avenue was c ...
and the abovementioned ''place'' was renamed the
Avenue Pierre Ier de Serbie in 1918.
Le Gerny's is the name of a former Parisian nightclub located at 54 rue Pierre-Charron. The nightclub is now mostly known as the venue where
Edith Piaf
Edith is a feminine given name derived from the Old English word , meaning ''wealth'' or ''prosperity'', in combination with the Old English , meaning '' strife'', and is in common usage in this form in English, German, many Scandinavian lang ...
made her professional debut, after its owner and director
Louis Leplee spotted her singing on a Paris street, and promoted her giving her the nickname ''la môme Piaf'' ("The Little Sparrow") in October 1935, when performing at his club.
Origin of the name
Pierre Charron
Pierre Charron (; 1541 – 16 November 1603) was a French Catholic theologian and major contributor to the new thought of the 17th century. He is remembered for his controversial form of skepticism and his separation of ethics from religion as a ...
(1541–1603) was a French philosopher, author of ''Traité de la Sagesse'' (''Treatise on Wisdom''), and a friend of fellow philosopher
Montaigne
Michel Eyquem, Seigneur de Montaigne ( ; ; ; 28 February 1533 – 13 September 1592), commonly known as Michel de Montaigne, was one of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance. He is known for popularising the essay as ...
after whom the nearby
Avenue Montaigne
The Avenue Montaigne () is a street in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, 8th arrondissement of Paris, France.
Origin of the name
The Avenue Montaigne was originally called the Allée des Veuves ("Widows' Alley") because women in mourning gathered ...
is named.
Closest Métro station
The Rue Pierre Charron empties into the
Avenue des Champs-Elysées
Avenue or Avenues may refer to:
Roads
* Avenue (landscape), traditionally a straight path or road with a line of trees, in the shifted sense a tree line itself, or some of boulevards (also without trees)
* Avenue Road, Bangalore
* Avenue Road, Lon ...
about midway between
métro line 1 stations
George V
George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until Death and state funeral of George V, his death in 1936.
George w ...
and
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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. Also nearby are metro
line 9's
Saint-Philippe du Roule (to the north) and
Alma-Marceau (to the south).
In popular culture
Mentioned in French singer/songwriter
Renaud
Renaud Pierre Manuel Séchan (; born 11 May 1952 in Paris), known as Renaud, is a French singer-songwriter.
With twenty-six albums to his credit, selling nearly twenty million copies, he is one of France's most popular singers. Several of h ...
's "Les Charognards."
See also
References
Pierre Charron
Pierre Charron (; 1541 – 16 November 1603) was a French Catholic theologian and major contributor to the new thought of the 17th century. He is remembered for his controversial form of skepticism and his separation of ethics from religion as a ...
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