Rue Spontini

Rue Spontini
	Rue Spontini at the Place du Chancelier-Adenauer
	Location within Paris
Former name	Rue du Petit-Parc
Length	665 m (2,182 ft)
Width	10 m
Arrondissement	16th
Quarter	Porte Dauphine
Coordinates	48°52′08″N 2°16′40″E / 48.86889°N 2.27778°E
Construction
Completed	1825
Inauguration	1865

The Rue Spontini is a street in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France.

Location and access

The Rue Spontini is a public way in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, part of the Porte-Dauphine district [fr], an upscale residential neighborhood. It begins at 73, avenue Foch and ends at 2, rue Benjamin-Godard [fr], level with the Avenue Victor-Hugo and the Place Mike-Brant [fr].

The district is served by RER line C at the avenue Foch station and the avenue Henri-Martin station, as well as by the terminus of line 2 at the Porte Dauphine station and the extension of line 3b of the Île-de-France tramway.

Name origin

The street is named after the Italian composer Gaspare Spontini (1774–1851).

History

The image of Italian opera composer Gaspare Spontini (1774-1851) — Gaspare Spontini

This street, which once formed part of the Rue du Petit-Parc, was created in 1825 when the road running east along the former La Muette pheasantry [fr] separated the communes of Passy and Neuilly.

The street is also the western boundary of the plaine de Passy housing estate created in 1825 by the Société des terrains de la plaine de Passy. The western part of this subdivision, which extended eastwards to the boulevard outside the Fermiers généraux enclosure, was not built until after 1850. Single-family homes were replaced by apartment blocks from the late 19th century onwards.

Classified as a Paris roadway [fr] by a decree of May 23, 1863, it took on its present name by a decree of October 2, 1865.

The section between the Rue de la Tour and the Avenue Henri-Martin became part of the Rue Mignard [fr] in 1881.

In 1881, the current Square Lamartine [fr] also included the part of the Rue Spontini between the Avenues Henri-Martin and Victor-Hugo.

Remarkable buildings and places of memory

Politician Michel Debré lived on this street.
No. 2: on December 22, 1931, a party was held at this address to benefit the Petits Poulbots Christmas tree, presided over by the Marquise d'Andigné [fr], the Marquise d'Armaillé, Princess Achille Murat and Countess Jean de Page [fr]. In front of the audience gathered in the hotel "graciously lent", several speakers followed one another: Doctor Gilbert Robin [fr], the man of letters André de Fouquières [fr] and the writer André Maurois.
No. 16: first site of the Bibliothèque d'art et d'archéologie [fr], created by couturier Jacques Doucet in 1905 in the six adjoining apartments he owned in the building.
No. 30bis: former private mansion built by architect Henri Grandpierre [fr] for painter Jean-Louis Forain (1852–1931), signed on the façade. Yves Saint Laurent's first couture collection was presented here on January 29, 1962. The couturier lived here with Pierre Bergé.
No. 37: Villa Spontini [fr], private street.
No. 38: Saint-Albert-le-Grand chapel, German-speaking Catholic community in Paris.
No. 43bis: Bourgat [fr] dance school.
No. 45: Institut Supérieur de Gestion (ISG) building.
No. 46: tenement building designed by architect Léon Bénouville [fr] between 1899 and 1901.
No. 66: Cuban legation [fr] in the 1900s.

No. 30bis
No. 32, at the junction with rue Benouville [fr]
No. 38, Saint-Albert-le-Grand German church
No. 46

Demolished building

No. 19 (and rue de Noisiel [fr]): town house built by architect Louis Parent [fr] for couturier and collector Jacques Doucet (1853–1929).

Notes

↑ Rue du Petit-Parc, which was located in the former commune of Passy and Neuilly, has been replaced by rue Mignard [fr], square Lamartine [fr], rue Spontini and rue Pergolèse [fr].

References

↑ Stéphane, Bernard (2010). Dictionnaire des noms de rues: origine et signification du nom de votre rue et de plus de 5000 autres [Dictionary of street names: origin and meaning of your street name and over 5000 others] (in French) (Nouv. éd., révisée et augm ed.). Paris: Mengès. ISBN 978-2-85620-483-2.
↑ Rouleau, Bernard (1983). Le tracé des rues de Paris: formation, typologie, fonctions [Paris street patterns: formation, typology, functions] (in French) (Repr ed.). Paris: Ed. du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. ISBN 978-2-222-00242-0.
↑ "Les lotissements - Atlas historique de Paris" [Housing estates - Atlas historique de Paris]. paris-atlas-historique.fr. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
↑ "Dénominations caduques des voies". opendata.paris.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-12-19.
↑ "Jérôme Solal-Céligny, l'inconnu de la rédaction de la Constitution de 1958" [Jérôme Solal-Céligny, the unknown in the drafting of the 1958 Constitution] (in French). 2018-09-27. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
↑ Le Figaro 1 janvier 1932 [Le Figaro January 1st 1932] (in French), France: Le Figaro, 1932-01-01, retrieved 2024-12-17
↑ "Jacques Doucet (1853–1929) | Biblissima". portail.biblissima.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-12-19.
↑ "«Cohue mondaine et embrassades»: le premier défilé d'YSL le 29 janvier 1962" ["Worldly throngs and hugs": YSL's first fashion show on January 29, 1962]. Le Figaro (in French). 2017-01-27. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
↑ Images, Forum des. "Les adresses de Catherine Deneuve" [The addresses of Catherine Deneuve]. Paris Cinema Region. Archived from the original on 12 October 2019.
↑ Patrimoine Religieux, Observatoire. "Église Saint-Albert-le-Grand" [Saint-Albert-le-Grand Church] (in French).
↑ Jalladeau, Delphine (2020-02-11). "L'ISG ouvre « Studio 45 »". ISG (in French). Retrieved 2024-12-19.
↑ "Protections patrimoniales, 16e arrondissement" [Heritage protection, 16th arrondissement] (PDF), Règlement du PLU (in French), Ville de Paris, pp. 370–432
↑ Ministère des affaires étrangères, France (1907). "Annuaire diplomatique et consulaire de la République française" [Diplomatic and consular directory of the French Republic]. Gallica (in French). Retrieved 2024-12-17.
↑ "Les décors Karbowsky - 19 rue Spontini, Paris l'hôtel particulier de Jacques Doucet" [Les décors Karbowsky - 19 rue Spontini, Paris Jacques Doucet's townhouse]. karbowsky.inha.fr. Retrieved 2024-12-17.

External links

"Rue Spontini" on the official Paris City Council website
"Rue and villa Spontini: Dossier iconographique" on the Bibliothèque historique de la ville de Paris website
"Le Grand salon de l'hôtel de Monsieur Jacques Doucet, rue Spontini" on the Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art website
"Hôtel particulier de Jacques Doucet, rue Spontini. 31 dessins d'Adrien Karbowsky" on the Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art website

[2] Rue du Petit-Parc, which was located in the former commune of Passy and Neuilly, has been replaced by rue Mignard [fr], square Lamartine [fr], rue Spontini and rue Pergolèse [fr].

[1] Stéphane, Bernard (2010). Dictionnaire des noms de rues: origine et signification du nom de votre rue et de plus de 5000 autres [Dictionary of street names: origin and meaning of your street name and over 5000 others] (in French) (Nouv. éd., révisée et augm ed.). Paris: Mengès. ISBN 978-2-85620-483-2.

[3] Rouleau, Bernard (1983). Le tracé des rues de Paris: formation, typologie, fonctions [Paris street patterns: formation, typology, functions] (in French) (Repr ed.). Paris: Ed. du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. ISBN 978-2-222-00242-0.

[4] "Les lotissements - Atlas historique de Paris" [Housing estates - Atlas historique de Paris]. paris-atlas-historique.fr. Retrieved 2024-12-16.

[5] "Dénominations caduques des voies". opendata.paris.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-12-19.

[6] "Jérôme Solal-Céligny, l'inconnu de la rédaction de la Constitution de 1958" [Jérôme Solal-Céligny, the unknown in the drafting of the 1958 Constitution] (in French). 2018-09-27. Retrieved 2024-12-17.

[7] Le Figaro 1 janvier 1932 [Le Figaro January 1st 1932] (in French), France: Le Figaro, 1932-01-01, retrieved 2024-12-17

[8] "Jacques Doucet (1853–1929) | Biblissima". portail.biblissima.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-12-19.

[9] "«Cohue mondaine et embrassades»: le premier défilé d'YSL le 29 janvier 1962" ["Worldly throngs and hugs": YSL's first fashion show on January 29, 1962]. Le Figaro (in French). 2017-01-27. Retrieved 2024-12-17.

[10] Images, Forum des. "Les adresses de Catherine Deneuve" [The addresses of Catherine Deneuve]. Paris Cinema Region. Archived from the original on 12 October 2019.

[11] Patrimoine Religieux, Observatoire. "Église Saint-Albert-le-Grand" [Saint-Albert-le-Grand Church] (in French).

[12] Jalladeau, Delphine (2020-02-11). "L'ISG ouvre « Studio 45 »". ISG (in French). Retrieved 2024-12-19.

[13] "Protections patrimoniales, 16e arrondissement" [Heritage protection, 16th arrondissement] (PDF), Règlement du PLU (in French), Ville de Paris, pp. 370–432

[14] Ministère des affaires étrangères, France (1907). "Annuaire diplomatique et consulaire de la République française" [Diplomatic and consular directory of the French Republic]. Gallica (in French). Retrieved 2024-12-17.

[15] "Les décors Karbowsky - 19 rue Spontini, Paris l'hôtel particulier de Jacques Doucet" [Les décors Karbowsky - 19 rue Spontini, Paris Jacques Doucet's townhouse]. karbowsky.inha.fr. Retrieved 2024-12-17.