Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Clown-Bar
Paris 11e Arrondissement, Paris, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Clown-Bar (cad. 11 : 01 AO 75) : classement par arrêté du 6 novembre 1995
- Protection dates
- 1995/11/06 : classé MH
- Type
- café
- Main period of construction
- 1er quart 20e siècle
- Dates
- 1902
- Architect or builder
- MEMERY Jean-Baptiste (architecte)
- Ownership
- propriété d'une société privée
- Address
- 114 rue Amelot
- Commune
- Paris 11e Arrondissement
- Département
- Paris
- Region
- Île-de-France
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 48.86360, 2.36726
- Mérimée reference
- PA00086531
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1869 map "Seine." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Café attesté en 1902, tirant son nom des activités du Cirque d'Hiver, situé à proximité. Le décor intérieur actuel daterait des années 1920 et aurait été mis en place par l'architecte Jean-Baptiste Memery. La frise en panneaux de céramique, produits par la manufacture de Sarreguemines (57) et représentant une grande parade de clowns, a failli disparaître en 1987.
English translation
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History
Café attested in 1902, taking its name from the activities of the Cirque d'Hiver, situated nearby. The present interior decoration would date from the 1920s and would have been installed by the architect Jean-Baptiste Memery. The frieze in ceramic panels, produced by the Sarreguemines manufactory (57) and depicting a great clown parade, almost disappeared in 1987.
Nearby in the register
- Cirque d'Hivercirqueunder 1 mi
- Immeubleimmeubleunder 1 mi
- Fontaine publique dite Fontaine Boucheratfontaineunder 1 mi
- Pavillonmaisonunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.