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Anibal G Maiz Caceres
Place des Petits-Pères is a stunning medium sized plaza formed in 1805, named after the Parisian monastery and Augustins convent, who were called “Petits-Pères.” La Rue des Petits Carreaux dates back to the 12th century. The previous names of this street were Rue Montorgueil and Rue des Boucheries. The rue Reaumur is the most important symbol of Paris architecture in the early 20th century, bearing the signs of a new urbanism imagined at that time.
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Louis XIII founded Notre-Dame des Victoires in 1629. Church dedicated and consecrated in honor of the Blessed Virgin, in recognition of all the victories he had won over the rebellious heretics and in remembrance of the capture of La Rochelle over the rotestants. La rue du Cardinal Lemoine bears the name of the French cardinal Jean Lemoine (1250-1313), cardinal-legate of Pope Boniface VIII. -