Ruelle des Chats

Places to see in ( Troyes - France ) Ruelle des Chats

Places to see in ( Troyes - France ) Ruelle des Chats

The alley of Cats in Troyes in the department French of Dawn , is an alley that runs from Champeaux street to Charbonnet Street in the Bouchon de Champagne historic heart of the city of Troyes. Very narrow, it gives an idea of ​​the cobbled medieval streets with a central channel for the flow of water. Rebuilt after the great fire of 1524 , the half-timbered and cantilevered houses widen in height. The floors overflow on the street to increase their surface: the tax was calculated on the surface on the ground . This alley owes its name to the fact that a cat can, indeed, pass from one side to the other of the street, while passing by the roofs. The facades touch from the top, and are held by props.

Once called Maillard alley from the xv th century, from 1460. At the entrance to the alley toward the street Champeaux was the bailiff of the priory of Saint-Jean-en-Châtel, belonging to the Saint-Pierre abbey of Montiéramey. At n os 32 and 36 of the current lane of Cats was the hotel of the family Lesguisé. In 1783 , it is given as cat street. In 1789 , an order enjoined to lay iron grilles at each end of the lane. These gates were closed at night, and open during the day.

In the 1960s , the alley of the Chats was threatened with extinction, like the rue de la Rothière, and Andre Malraux was alarmed 8 . The law bearing his name was adopted on August 4 , 1962.

At the corner of the Chats Lane, at the widening of the alley, is the Golden Mortar Court. In place of the old clinic Juvenal, now demolished, was planned in 2006 to rebuild a home in the spirit of the xvi th century and the construction of two timber framed houses begins in January 2014.

In the alley, a bookshop also hosts the first Human Rights Café opened by the French League for the Defense of Human and Citizen's Rights. The town of Troyes has been lit up since 1534, when the city council decides to light up during the fairs of Champagne, with tallow candles in lanterns; in 1766, the city has 150 public lanterns lit in winter on the main streets. The tallow gives his place oil around 1800, the gas and electricity in 1842 in the early twentieths.

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Troyes : le coeur historique et la ruelle des chats

Extrait de l'émission Des Racines et Des Ailes : De la Champagne aux Ardennes diffusée le 23/09/2015.

Les maisons à pan de bois constituent 90% des immeubles du coeur historique de la ville de Troyes. Nous suivons des compagnons du devoir dans les ruelles médiévales récemment restaurées.
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