Boulevard du Temple

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The boulevard du Temple is a boulevard in Paris separating the IIIe arrondissement from the XIe arrondissement. It runs from the place de la République to the place Pasdeloup. It is served by République and Filles du Calvaire Metro stops. It bears the name of the Templar Temple where they had established their Paris congregation.

[edit] History

The boulevard du Temple follows the traces of the Enceinte de Charles V, demolished under Louis XIV. The boulevard was built between 1656 and 1705 and was lined with trees.

From the time of Louis XVI to that of the July Monarchy, the boulevard du Temple was home to a popular fashion: it became a place for walking and recreation, concentrating many cafés and theatres previously located at the Saint-Laurent and Saint-Germain fairs, and was nicknamed the "boulevard du Crime" after the crime stories that were so popular in its many theatres. In 1782 Philippe Curtius (Madame Tussaud's tutor in wax modelling) opened his second exhibition on this Boulevard.

It was on this boulevard that, on July 28, 1835, Giuseppe Fieschi made an attempt on the life of king Louis-Philippe - it failed, but resulted in 18 dead and 23 injured.

The transformations by Haussmann radically modified this part of Le Marais, and today only the Théâtre Déjazet remains, half of them having been demolished for the enlargement of place de la République.

[edit] Former theatres of the boulevard du Temple

• 1759 : the Théâtre des Grands-Danseurs du Roi of Jean-Baptiste Nicolet, became the Théâtre de la Gaîté in 1792
• 1769 : the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique of Nicolas-Médard Audinot, became the Folies-Dramatiques in 1832
• 1774 : the Théâtre des Associés
• 1779 : the Théâtre des Variétés-Amusantes of Lécluse
• 1785 : the Théâtre des Délassements-Comiques of Plancher Valcour
• 1787 : the Cabinet des figures de cire, disappeared in 1847

[edit] Source

• This page is a translation of its French equivalent.

Coordinates: 48°51′47.84″N, 2°21′59.43″E