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first Bourbon king, to care for the
victims of the plague. Leave the
courtyard from the central gate
on the wing on your left. Here,
you pass by the 17th-century
hospital chapel t and out into
the Rue de la Grange aux Belles.
Turn left and walk back to the
canal. At the junction of Rue de la
Grange aux Belles and the Quai
de Jemmapes stood, until 1627,
the Montfaucon gallows y, one
of the chief public execution
Courtyard garden of Hôpital St-Louis r spots of medieval Paris. Turn into
the Quai de Jemmapes. At No.
Stalingrad Nearby is the French Communist 101 u is the original front of the
1 3 Party headquarters 9 on Place Hôtel du Nord, made famous in
du Colonel Fabien, with its
the eponymous 1930s film. In
2 4 AVENUE JEAN JAURES curving glazed tower. front is another iron foot bridge
and a draw bridge i for traffic,
Return to the Quai de
R D FAUBOURG ST MARTIN
stands one of the few surviving
with views of the canal on either
RUE LA FAYETTE Jaurès Jem mapes, where at No. 134 0 provid-ing a charming setting
brick-and-iron industrial build-
side. Cross over and con tinue
down the Quai de Valmy until the
ings that used to line the canal
A VE SE CRETAN
Louis 6 QUAI DE VALMY in the 19th century. At No. 126 q last footbridge o at the corner of
Blanc BLANC BLVD DE LA VILLETTE is another notable modern build- the Rue Léon-Jouhaux. From
R LOUIS
ing, a residence for the elderly,
5
with monumental concrete here, the canal can be seen
disappearing under the surface
Canal St Martin R LOUIS BLANC arches and glazed bay windows. of Paris, to continue its journey
Further along, at No. 112 w, is
through a great stone arch.
an Art Deco apartment building
9
R EUG VARLIN
V A L M Y 7 8 with bay windows, decorative Square Frédéric Lemaître to
iron balconies and tiles. On the
Place de la République
ground floor is a modernized
Walk along Square Frédéric
D E 0 R DE ECLUSES former 1930s proletarian café. Lemaître p to the start of
ST MARTIN
Boulevard Jules Ferry, which has
Here, the canal curves gracefully
Q U A I q R DE LA GRANGE Iron footbridges over the canal 5 into the third lock, spanned by a a public garden stretching down
its centre. The garden was built
charming iron footbridge e.
w AUX BELLES over the canal in the 1860s. At its
RUE DES RECOLLETS
Quai de Valmy to Rue Bichat Hôpital St-Louis to Rue head stands a charmingly nostal-
t
RUE LUCIEN SAMPAIX u y r Jemmapes, which runs the Turn left into Rue Bichat, which 1830s, La Grisette a. This is the
e
Cross over to the Quai de
Léon-Jouhaux
gic statue of a flower girl of the
leads to the remark able 17th-
cross roads of a busy working-
length of the east side of
RUE DE LANCRY i Q U A I Q U A I D E R BICHAT the canal and down to the first century Hôpital St-Louis r. Enter class street, Rue du Faubourg
RUE ALIBERT
du Temple s, with flourishing
bridge on Rue Louis Blanc 5.
through the hospital’s old main
Cross the bridge to the Quai de
gate with its high-pitched roof
ethnic shops and restaurants.
Canal St Martin
RUE BEAUREPAIRE D E V A L M Y J E M M A P E S RUE BICHAT Valmy. From the corner, there and massive stone arch. Pass into Follow the street to the right
the courtyard. The hospital was
and on to the Metro station in
is a glimpse of the oblique
R DIEU
the Place de la République.
granite and glass front of the
founded in 1607 by Henri IV, the
RUE LEON JOUHAUX o p Paris Industrial Tribunal 6 on
the Rue Louis Blanc.
BLVD DE MAGENTA
FAUBOURG the bridge 7, from where there
République RUE DU s a Continue along Quai de
Valmy. At Rue E Varlin, cross
DU TEMPLE
BLVD ST MARTIN
is an attractive view of the
PLACE DE LA
second canal lock, the lock-
REPUBLIQUE
BLVD JULES FERRY
keeper’s house, public gardens
and old lampposts. At the other
side of the bridge and slightly
to the left, go along the
pedestrianized Rue Haendel,
which provides a good view of
the towering buildings of a
social housing estate 8. Shop, Rue du Faubourg du Temple s
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