Grenelle
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Grenelle ( ) is a neighbourhood in southwestern Paris, France. It is a part of the 15th arrondissement of the city. There is currently a Boulevard de Grenelle which runs along the North delimitation of the quartier, and a Rue de Grenelle, a few kilometers North-East in the 7th arrondissement.
Grenelle ( ) is a neighbourhood in southwestern Paris, France. It is a part of the 15th arrondissement of the city. There is currently a Boulevard de Grenelle which runs along the North delimitation of the quartier, and a Rue de Grenelle, a few kilometers North-East in the 7th arrondissement.
Notable events
Explosion of the Powder Magazine at Grenelle, (1794) in which fifteen hundred people lost their lives — Decree for checking the progress of Vandalism — The monuments of the arts and sciences placed under the care of the authorities. The 1804 explosion of the Grenelle powder magazine shook Paris and caused many pregnant women to miscarry. On March 8, 1871, during the Paris Commune, the Army of Thiers refused to hand over cannons to their arguably-legal possessors, the Republican-aligned National Guard. The later resorted by burning down an Army barracks in Rue de Grenelle ("Grenelle Street").
References
“Grenelle Teaching and Mentoring Center.” The American University of Paris, 27 July 2022, https://www.aup.edu/about/campus-development/campus-development-history/grenelle.
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