Rue Voltaire, Sceaux Explained
Rue Voltaire is a street in the town of Sceaux in the Hauts-de-Seine, France.[1] [2]
Location and access
It begins its route to the north, Place du Général-de-Gaulle, roundabout of, avenue de Camberwell and .[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 .
Origin of the name
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
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, 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
- Cité scolaire Marie-Curie, a school complex, built in 1929 in a building donated by the City of Paris.[11]
- Location of the former, around n°41.
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Rue Voltaire à Sceaux . 2023-09-08 . cartorum.fr . fr.
- Web site: Rue Voltaire Archives de Sceaux . 2023-09-08 . archives.sceaux.fr . fr.
- Web site: Sceaux - Place du Général de Gaulle et abords . 2023-09-08 . Inventons la Métropole du Grand Paris . fr.
- Web site: Cartographe . Société générale des plans indicateurs . 1930 . Planimètre des villes de Châtenay-Malabry, Bourg-la-Reine, Antony, Sceaux . 2023-09-08 . Gallica . fr.
- Web site: Sur les traces de l'îlot Voltaire - P.08 SceauxMagwww.sceaux.fr . 2023-09-08 . fr.readkong.com . fr.
- Web site: 2011-10-06 . Une demeure disparue : le château des Imbergères . 2023-09-09 . amis-de-sceaux.org . fr.
- Web site: Place du Général-de-Gaulle : Les enjeux d'un projet d'envergure . 2023-09-09 . www.sceaux.fr . fr . pdf.
- Web site: 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 . 2023-09-09 . Inventer le Grand Paris . fr.
- Web site: BERNADOTTE Jean-Baptiste Archives de Sceaux . 2023-09-09 . archives.sceaux.fr . fr.
- Web site: 2021-01-04 . Enquête publique à Sceaux à l'intersection des RD60 et 67 . 2023-09-09 . Conseil départemental des Hauts-de-Seine . fr.
- Web site: Plans et projet – Cité scolaire Marie-Curie de Sceaux . 2023-09-09 . fr-FR.
