Rue Voltaire is a thoroughfare in the French commune of Reims, located in the Marne department, in the Grand Est region.

Rue Voltaire
Length700 m (2,300 ft)
LocationReims
Coordinates49°15′15″N 4°02′13″E / 49.25417°N 4.03694°E / 49.25417; 4.03694

Description

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Location and access

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Rue Voltaire administratively belongs to the Center Ville district, it is slightly downhill.

Origin of the name

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It bears the name of the French writer François Marie Arouet, known as Voltaire (1694-1778).

History

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This is one of the routes due to the destruction of the First World War. It is one of the new streets created by the new urban plan resulting from the reconstruction, it is on the Ford [fr] plan.

Remarkable buildings and places of memory

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References

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  1. ^ PLU de Reims Volume 3 Approved on: 09/28/2017 p664
  2. ^ "Recherche - Inventaire Général du Patrimoine Culturel". inventaire-chalons.grandest.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-09-16.
  3. ^ PLU de Reims Volume 3 Approved on: 09/28/2017 p666
  4. ^ "Couvent des Cordeliers (ruines du)". www.pop.culture.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-09-16.
  5. ^ PLU de Reims Volume 3 Approved on: 09/28/2017 p668

See also

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