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Patron-Minette was the name given to a street gang in Victor Hugo's 1862 novel Les Misérables and the musical of the same name.The gang consisted of five criminals: Montparnasse, Claquesous, Babet, and Gueulemer, Brujon.
Book 3: The House in the Rue Plumet. Toussaint – Valjean and Cosette's servant in Paris. She has a slight stutter. Book 6: The Boy Gavroche. Two little boys – The two unnamed youngest sons of the Thénardiers, whom they send to Magnon to replace her two dead sons. Living on the streets, they encounter Gavroche, who is unaware they are his ...
Other buildings include the Château de Chênemoireau, Loire-et-Cher (1901), and an office block at 33 Rue du Louvre, Paris (1913–14). [1] Plumet was charged with designing the outside entrances to the Pelleport, Saint-Fargeau, and Porte des Lilas stations on the Paris Métro Line 3bis, which was finally completed in December 1920. Plumet ...
The Attack on Rue Plumet (Thénardier only) Known simply as Rue Plumet in the original French version, and later as Le casse de la Rue Plumet. Thénardier rounds up his gang as they attempt to rob Valjean's home as he blames his poverty on him. Éponine stops them from doing so and they are forced to retreat. One Day More
The Boulevard Saint-Michel was the other important part of Haussmann's renovation of Paris on the Left Bank along with the creation of the Boulevard Saint-Germain.It was formerly approximated by the Rue de la Harpe, which for centuries led from the Seine to the Porte Saint-Michel, a gate to the walls of Paris near what is now the intersection of the Boulevard Saint-Michel and the Rue Monsieur ...
This street owes perhaps its name to the lords of Mondetour, and particularly Claude Foucault, Lord of Mondetour who was alderman of the city of Paris in 1525 under the provost master Jean Morin. Other historians assume that the name of this street is an alteration of Rue Maudestour or Mauvais Détour ("Bad Detour").
The street gives access to the Pont Neuf from the right bank to the south, and to the Forum des Halles from its other end to the north.. The lane continues via this last end and becomes the Rue Baltard [], closed to car traffic since the closure of the old halls of Paris, then the Rue Montorgueil, Rue des Petits-Carreaux [], Rue Poissonnière [], Rue du Faubourg-Poissonnière to end at the ...
The Rue Saint-Denis is one of the oldest streets in Paris. Its route was first laid out in the 1st century by the Romans, and then extended to the north in the Middle Ages. From the Middle Ages to the present day, the street has been notorious as a place of prostitution. Its name derives from it being the historic route to Saint-Denis.