Rue Voltaire () is a thoroughfare in the French commune of Reims, located in the Marne department, in the Grand Est region.
Description
Location and access Rue Voltaire administratively belongs to the Center Ville district, it is slightly downhill.
Origin of the name It bears the name of the French writer François Marie Arouet, known as Voltaire (1694-1778).
History This is one of the routes due to the destruction of the First World War. It is one of the new streets created by the new urban plan resulting from the reconstruction, it is on the plan.
Remarkable buildings and places of memory
At n°2: the University College (under renovation); Carnegie Library of Reims; At n°12: a town house designed by Max Sainsaulieu. It is included as heritage elements of local interest;PLU de Reims Volume 3 Approved on: 09/28/2017 p664 At n°14: art deco house by architect included in the general inventory of Grand-Est heritage; At n°23: a building by René Lhomme. It is included as heritage elements of local interest;PLU de Reims Volume 3 Approved on: 09/28/2017 p666 Opposite n°23: ; At n°40: a building by and Michel Rousseau. It is included as heritage elements of local interest.PLU de Reims Volume 3 Approved on: 09/28/2017 p668
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