Avenue de Wagram explained

The Avenue de Wagram is a street in the 8th and 17th arrondissements of Paris, extending from the Place de Wagram to the Place Charles de Gaulle (formerly Place de l'Étoile, and the site of the Arc de Triomphe). It is 1.5km (00.9miles) long and 36m (118feet) wide, and is divided into two sections by the Place des Ternes. It was renamed on 2 March 1864 after Napoleon's 1809 victory at the Battle of Wagram; the section between the Avenue des Ternes and the Place de l'Étoile was formerly known as the Boulevard de l'Étoile or Boulevard de Bezons and the section between the Avenue des Ternes and the Place de Wagram, as Route départementale n°6.

History

The street was first opened on 16 January 1789 between the Rue de Tilsitt and the Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré, then on 13 August 1854 was extended to the Place de l'Étoile.

Buildings

Surviving

Salle Wagram

Destroyed

Notable inhabitants

• Prosper d'Épinay (1836–1914), sculptor (n° 26, in 1910).^[1]
• René Lenormand (1846–1932), composer, father of Henri-René Lenormand (1882–1951), playwright (n° 29, 5th floor).^[2]
• Madame de Thèbes (1845–1916), clairvoyant and palm reader (n° 29) ^[3]
• Albert Roussel, composer (lived at n° 157 in the 1920s).^[4]

Notes and references

48.8808°N 2.3002°W

Notes and References

1. Félix de Rochegude, Promenades dans toutes les rues de Paris. VIIIe arrondissement, Paris, Hachette, 1910, p. 92
2. Becq de Fouquières, Mon Paris, pp. 274–275
3. Book: Bernard Baritaud. Pierre Mac Orlan : sa vie, son temps. 1992. Librairie Droz. 978-2-600-03693-1. 76.
4. Book: The Harlequin Years: Music in Paris 1917-1929. Roger Nichols. University of California Press. 2002. 7.