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Histoire de Paris

Rue Popincourt
Elle doit son nom à Jean de Popincourt, premier président du Parlement en 1400, qui possédait ici un manoir. Plusieurs maisons furent construites à proximité, elles formèrent un petit hameau baptisé Popincourt. En 1561, on reconnut aux églises réformées le droit de réunion: un temple fut ouvert dans la propriété de Bertrand, seigneur de Popincourt. Les troupes du connétable de Montmorency le détruisirent en 1562. En 1636, les sœurs Annonciades du Saint-Esprit s’installèrent à Popincourt. Leur couvent s’étendait sur plus de 8 hectares. La chapelle des Annonciades, bâtie en 1654, devint en 1791 l’église paroissiale Saint-Ambroise, remplacée en 1869 par la nouvelle église Saint-Ambroise, édifiée par Théodore Ballu au 71 bis, boulevard Voltaire.

One of the series of signs describing historical places in Paris. The signs were placed starting in 1992 and are also called sucettes Starck (Starck’s Lollipops) after Philippe Starck who designed them.

The place where the sign is located was photographed on the same day by the same photographer Click for a larger image

Translation of the text on the sign:

[An illustration of a ship, symbolizing the symbol of Paris]

History of Paris

Popincourt Street
It owes its name to Jean de Popincourt, first president of Parliament in 1400, who owned a manor here. Several houses were built nearby, they formed a small hamlet called Popincourt. In 1561, the right of assembly was recognized for the Reformed churches: a temple was opened on the property of Bertrand, lord of Popincourt. The troops of the Constable of Montmorency destroyed it in 1562. In 1636, the Annonciades sisters of the Holy Spirit settled in Popincourt. Their convent extended over more than 8 hectares. The Annonciades chapel, built in 1654, became the Saint-Ambroise parish church in 1791, replaced in 1869 by the new Saint-Ambroise church, built by Théodore Ballu at 71 bis, boulevard Voltaire.