Immeuble

English translation

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History

Dominated to the North by the church of Saint-Vincent de Paul, begun in 1824 by Lepère, continued and completed in 1844 by Hittorf, preceded by a monumental staircase with three landings, the place Frantz Liszt takes the form of a five-pointed star. Crossed from west to east by the rue Lafayette and pierced to the south by the rue d'Hauteville which opens a deep perspective towards the south of Paris, it is bordered by buildings most of which were built in the first third of the first half of the 19th century. The buildings between the rue d'Abbeville and the rue des Petits Hôtels are raised three stories above ground floor with roof space, some of which have been heightened and pierced with dormers. A balcony with cast iron balustrade runs along the façades at the level of the piano nobile and the 3rd floor. The façades are pierced with rectangular windows surmounted by triangular pediments at the piano nobile. The angles of the façades are emphasised by rustication. Note should be made of the care taken in the proportions, decoration, mouldings and the working of the cast iron. The ground floors have been disfigured by the arrangement of shops. Despite these modifications, the ensemble of façades has retained a certain unity.