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The 12th arrondissement of Paris (XII e arrondissement) is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. Situated on the right bank of the River Seine, it is the easternmost arrondissement of Paris, as well as the largest by area. In 2019, it had a population of 139,297.
L'Opéra restaurant; Polidor – historic restaurant in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, its predecessor was founded in 1845, [12] and it has had its present name since the beginning of the 20th century. La Mère Catherine – brasserie in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France. It is the oldest restaurant located at place du Tertre. [13]
In the eighteenth century, a large site located along the Seine, contiguous to the Paris city limits of the time, began to be used as a warehousing area, particularly for wine. For two hundred years, the area was the thriving centre of the Paris wine trade and a place with a unique life and culture. [1] Bercy was formerly a commune. In 1860 ...
The Boulevard de la Bastille (French pronunciation: [bulvaʁ də la bastij]) is the southwesternmost street of the 12th arrondissement of Paris, situated in the quartier called Quinze-Vingts. It overlooks the east side of the Paris marina, known as the Port de Plaisance or Port de l'Arsenal , with which it forms a boundary with the 4th ...
The Porte de Vincennes is located where the northeast corner of the 12th arrondissement meets the southeast corner of the 20th arrondissement of Paris.The site is, more or less, delimited in the west by the Rue des Pyrénées and the Avenue du Docteur-Arnold-Netter; on the east, it is abutted by the Boulevard Davout and the Boulevard Soult.
View of the quay of Bercy during the flood of 1876. The buildings shown in the photo were demolished shortly after this photo was taken. The flood of 1876 resulted in the City of Paris buying the entire warehouse district. A commission was created under the direction of Viollet-le-Duc.
Rue Crémieux in 2012. The Rue Crémieux is a one-block pedestrian street in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, originally built as workers' housing.The street has been widely recommended to tourists for its quaint painted housefronts, and has become a popular destination for filming and for social media photos.
Paris city council started upgrading and conversion of some sections of the Rue Militaire into boulevards in 1861, with the (yet unnamed) Boulevard Soult one of the first stretches to open. In 1864, the boulevard was named after Jean-de-Dieu Soult (1769–1851), 1st Duke of Dalmatia and Marshal of France. [ 2 ]