Pourquoi Dit-on Grenelle de ?
Pourquoi Dit-on Grenelle de ?
Le terme « Grenelle » renvoie aux accords de Grenelle de mai 68, et désigne par analogie un débat multiparti réunissant des représentants du gouvernement, d'associations professionnelles et d'ONG.
What does the word Grenelle mean in French?
- Grenelle ( French pronunciation: [ɡʁənɛl]) is a neighbourhood in southwestern Paris, France. It is a part of the 15th arrondissement of the city. The area takes it name from Latin Garanella, meaning a wooded area where rabbits live.
Where is the boulevard de Grenelle?
- There is currently a Boulevard de Grenelle which runs along the North delimitation of the quartier, and a Rue de Grenelle, a few kilometers North-East in the 7th arrondissement . In 52 BC, Garanella plain was the site of the Battle of Lutetia between the troops of the Gaulish chief Camulogène and the Roman legion under General Labienus.
What happened at the explosion of Grenelle?
- Explosion of the Powder Magazine at Grenelle, (1794) in which fifteen hundred people lost their lives — Decree for checking the progress of Vandalism — The monuments of the arts and sciences placed under the care of the authorities. The 1804 explosion of the Grenelle powder magazine shook Paris and caused many pregnant women to miscarry.
What is the history of Beaugrenelle?
- They did this rather quickly, and the new quartier Beaugrenelle was founded on J. Thenceforth, under the encouragement of a group of entrepreneurs (the Compagnie des Entrepreneurs, founded by Violet and Letellier), the quartier continued to develop, occasionally provoking feelings of hostility from residents of old Vaugirard.
