Rue d'Assas
Street in Paris, France
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The Rue d'Assas (French pronunciation: [ʁy dasas]) is a street in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, named after Nicolas-Louis d'Assas.
Rue d'Assas | |
  Location within Paris | |
| Length | 1,190 m (3,900 ft) |
|---|---|
| Width | 15 m (49 ft) |
| Arrondissement | 6th |
| Quarter | Notre-Dame-des-Champs, Odéon |
| Coordinates | 48°50′43″N 2°19′55″E |
| From | 25 bis rue du Cherche-Midi |
| To | 12 avenue de l'Observatoire |
| Construction | |
| Denomination | Arr. 2 April 1868 |
Features
- Musée Edouard Branly (at no. 21)
- Musée "Bible et Terre Sainte" (at no. 21)
- Main campus of Panthéon-Assas University (at no. 92)
- Zadkine Museum (at no. 100)
- Jardin du Luxembourg: the Rue d'Assas borders the Jardin between the Rue Guynemer and the Rue Auguste-Comte
- Hélène Darroze's café
Notable people
- Jeanne Baptiste d'Albert de Luynes lived at no. 8.
- Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, the sculptor of the Statue of Liberty, had his last residence and studio at no. 82.
- Joe Dassin lived at no. 28, from 1968 to 1974.
- Charles Aznavour was born at Tarnier Clinic at no. 89.[1]
