Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Magasin Aux Tortues
Paris 8e Arrondissement, Paris, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
- Protection
- inscrit MH partiellement
- Extent of protection
- Les devantures (cad. 08 : 03 BU 59, 60) : inscription par arrêté du 23 mai 1984
- Protection dates
- 1984/05/23 : inscrit MH
- Type
- magasin de commerce
- Main period of construction
- 3e quart 19e siècle, 1er quart 20e siècle
- Dates
- 1864, 1910
- Ownership
- propriété d'une société privée
- Address
- 55 boulevard Haussmann ; 35, 37 rue Tronchet
- Commune
- Paris 8e Arrondissement
- Département
- Paris
- Region
- Île-de-France
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 48.87360, 2.32671
- Mérimée reference
- PA00088869
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 1832 map "Paris environs." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Magasin de commerce, fondé en 1864 par Léonidas Garland, spécialisé dans la vente d'objets en écaille et en ivoire. Le décor en marbre de la façade actuelle, d'inspiration Louis XVI, daterait de 1910 et comporte deux têtes d'éléphant et deux tortues, réalisées en bronze.
English translation
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History
Commercial shop, founded in 1864 by Léonidas Garland, specialising in the sale of tortoiseshell and ivory objects. The marble decoration of the current façade, of Louis XVI inspiration, is dated to 1910 and comprises two elephant heads and two tortoises, executed in bronze.
Nearby in the register
- Hôtel de Beauharnais (ancien)hôtelunder 1 mi
- Immeubleimmeubleunder 1 mi
- Magasin du Printempsmagasin de commerceunder 1 mi
- Théâtre des Mathurinsthéâtreunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.