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Cul-de-sac in Paris, France

The Villa Saïd is a cul-de-sac in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France.^[1] It runs for 200 metres from 68, Rue Pergolèse.^[1] It is 7,5 metre wide.^[1]

The street was built by Mr. Alphonse Hardon, an investor in the development of the Suez Canal, who named it after Sa'id of Egypt.^[1]^[2]

Pierre Laval, who served as the Prime Minister of France from 1942 to 1944, moved into the hôtel particulier at 15, Villa Saïd, in 1917.^[3] He was a tenant from 1917 to 1925, and he purchased the townhouse at an auction for 371,339 French francs on July 23, 1925.^[3] Prior to the auction, Laval had sued the owner over allegations of dereliction.^[3]

Laval's next-door neighbour was French author Anatole France.^[3] Anatole France acquired this house, at no. 5, in 1894 and kept it until his death, in 1924.

The Dutch-French painter Kees van Dongen lived and painted at no. 29 after the First World War.

References

1 2 3 4 "villa Saïd". Mairie de Paris. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
↑ Queneau, Raymond, ed. (2011). Connaissez-vous Paris?. Paris: Gallimard. pp. 135–136. ISBN 9782070442553. OCLC 748104742.
1 2 3 4 Kupferman, Fred (2015). Pierre Laval (2nd ed.). Paris: Tallandier. pp. 25–53. ISBN 9782847342543. Archived from the original on 2022-12-17. Retrieved 2016-07-09 – via Cairn.info.

48°52′24″N 2°16′46″E / 48.8734°N 2.2795°E / 48.8734; 2.2795

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