Avenue Pierre Ier de Serbie

Avenue Pierre Ier de Serbie
	Avenue Pierre Ier de Serbie looking towards the Avenue Marceau
	Shown within Paris
Length	565 m (1,854 ft)
Width	20 m (66 ft)
Arrondissement	8th, 16th
Quarter	Élysées, Chaillot
Coordinates	48°51′59″N 2°17′49″E / 48.86639°N 2.29694°E
From	Place d'Iéna
To	27 Avenue George V
Construction
Completion	17 September 1864
Denomination	14 July 1918

The Avenue Pierre Ier de Serbie is an avenue which runs through the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France, from the Place d'Iena to 27 avenue George V.^[1]

History

The Avenue Pierre Ier de Serbie was previously part of the Rue Pierre Charron, and before that a segment of the Rue de Morny (today part of Pierre Charron).^[2]

The avenue was officially created on 14 July 1918.^[1] It was named in honour of Peter I of Serbia (1846-1921), last king of Serbia and first king of Yugoslavia, who volunteered to serve in the French Army, the French Foreign Legion, and was decorated with the French Legion of Honour.^[3]

Notable buildings

No. 10: Palais Galliera - Musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris
No. 22: Les Films du Losange - Film company created by Barbet Schroeder and Eric Rohmer
No. 31: CGPF (1937—1940); CNPF (1950—1998); MEDEF (1998—2003)

Closest transport

Métro - Iéna
RER - Pont de l'Alma
Bus - 32, 42, 63, 72, 80, 82, 92

Trivia

Mary Cassatt lived there in 1884.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Manfred Heid (1972). Les noms de rues de Paris à travers l'histoire: problèmes linguistiques et sociologiques (in French). Bamberger Photodr.
^ "Paris : histoire rue de Morny. Rues autrefois". Histoire Paris insolite et méconnu. Gravures anciennes, photographies autrefois. Rues, métiers, monuments, jardins, célébrités, cafés, monuments, patrimoine (in French).
^ "Peter I - king of Serbia". Encyclopedia Britannica. 12 August 2021.
^ Nancy Mowll Mathews (1998). Mary Cassatt: a Life. Yale University Press. pp. 171–. ISBN 978-0-300-16488-6.

[Heid1972-1] Manfred Heid (1972). Les noms de rues de Paris à travers l'histoire: problèmes linguistiques et sociologiques (in French). Bamberger Photodr.

[Histoire_Paris_insolite_et_méconnu._Gravures_anciennes,_photographies_autrefois._Rues,_métiers,_monuments,_jardins,_célébrités,_cafés,_monuments,_patrimoine-2] "Paris : histoire rue de Morny. Rues autrefois". Histoire Paris insolite et méconnu. Gravures anciennes, photographies autrefois. Rues, métiers, monuments, jardins, célébrités, cafés, monuments, patrimoine (in French).

[Encyclopedia_Britannica_2021-3] "Peter I - king of Serbia". Encyclopedia Britannica. 12 August 2021.

[Mathews1998-4] Nancy Mowll Mathews (1998). Mary Cassatt: a Life. Yale University Press. pp. 171–. ISBN 978-0-300-16488-6.

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