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Rue Voltaire, Sceaux

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Rue Voltaire
LocationSceaux
Coordinates48°46′39″N 2°17′24″E / 48.77750°N 2.29000°E / 48.77750; 2.29000

Rue Voltaire is a street in the town of Sceaux in the Hauts-de-Seine, France.[1][2]

Location and access

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Rue Voltaire in Sceaux around 1900.

It begins its route to the north, Place du Général-de-Gaulle, roundabout of rue de Fontenay [fr], avenue de Camberwell and rue Houdan [fr].[3]

It meets, among other things, rue Émile-Morel (formerly rue des Agriculteurs[4]) and rue du Four, a very old road in the city.[5]

It ends in the axis of Avenue Cauchy, at the height of rue des Imbergères [fr].

Origin of the name

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Postcard of rue Voltaire.

This street, which has no other name and whose existence dates back at least to 1833, bears the name of the French writer François Marie Arouet, known as Voltaire (1694-1778).

History

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Rue Voltaire, corner of rue Houdan [fr].

The original alleyway had a zigzagging path between historical residences, led to both a communal watering point and a wash house. Its route included a notable bend where it skirted the periphery of the Château des Imbergères [fr], a building built on the foundations of a 16th-century country house. The château experienced numerous ownership changes throughout the centuries. In 1910, the property underwent its final sale; the subsequent owners leased the main house to a wine merchant.

The establishment of rue Voltaire, a new thoroughfare, cut through the château's grounds. This development culminated in the irreversible demolition of the Château des Imbergères in 1939.[6]

The street was widened again in 1933,[7][8] removing the rue de la Lune.[9] The entire site was repaved in the early 2020s.[10]

Notable buildings

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Eugène Atget : Sceaux, Rue Voltaire. Photo taken in 1922.
  • Cité scolaire Marie-Curie, a school complex, built in 1929 in a building donated by the City of Paris.[11]
  • Location of the former Château des Imbergères [fr], around n°41.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Rue Voltaire à Sceaux". cartorum.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-09-08.
  2. ^ "Rue Voltaire | Archives de Sceaux". archives.sceaux.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-09-08.
  3. ^ "Sceaux - Place du Général de Gaulle et abords". Inventons la Métropole du Grand Paris (in French). Retrieved 2023-09-08.
  4. ^ Cartographe, Société générale des plans indicateurs (1930). "Planimètre des villes de Châtenay-Malabry, Bourg-la-Reine, Antony, Sceaux". Gallica (in French). Retrieved 2023-09-08.
  5. ^ "Sur les traces de l'îlot Voltaire - P.08 SceauxMagwww.sceaux.fr". fr.readkong.com (in French). Retrieved 2023-09-08.
  6. ^ "Une demeure disparue : le château des Imbergères". amis-de-sceaux.org (in French). 2011-10-06. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
  7. ^ "Place du Général-de-Gaulle : Les enjeux d'un projet d'envergure" (PDF). www.sceaux.fr (pdf) (in French). Retrieved 2023-09-09.
  8. ^ Fériel, Cédric (2017). "Le Grand Paris des villages métropolitains : La stratégie de la banlieue « bleue » face à l'expansion parisienne dans les années 1970. L'exemple de Sceaux". Inventer le Grand Paris (in French). Retrieved 2023-09-09.
  9. ^ "BERNADOTTE Jean-Baptiste | Archives de Sceaux". archives.sceaux.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-09-09.
  10. ^ "Enquête publique à Sceaux à l'intersection des RD60 et 67". Conseil départemental des Hauts-de-Seine (in French). 2021-01-04. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
  11. ^ "Plans et projet – Cité scolaire Marie-Curie de Sceaux" (in French). Retrieved 2023-09-09.