"Isle Maquerelle ou des Cignes", linked to the rive gauche by the "pont rouge" - Roussel's map of Paris, 1731
It was formed by the merger of the islets known as île des Treilles, île aux Vaches, île Maquerelle, île de Jérusalem and île de Longchamp, and was merged into the rive gauche of the Seine at the end of the 18th century.
Historyedit
An oak pirogue, built with fir plugs, discovered in August 1806 during the construction of the footings for Pont d'Iéna, was thought to be a Norman boat dating to the Siege of Paris in 885/86, although some scholars believe that it may have dated to the Sequani tribe from the first century B.C.[1][2]
In the 13th century the peasants of Chaillot on the opposite bank had the right to graze their cattle on the île Maquerelle, in exchange for a payment in kind paid to the Abbaye de Saint-Germain-des-Prés.[3][4] The right to fermage was 20 livres in 1492, and the bail de l'herbe rose to 27 livres in 1551.[5] In 1572 1,200 victims of the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre were buried here.[6][7] The island was renamed Île des Cygnes after the swans placed there by a royal decree of 16 October 1676.[8] The garde-cygnes were in charge of looking after them "from pont de Saint-Cloud as far as Saint-Maur and Corbeil" during the winter.[9] The garde-cygnes's house was inventoried among the royal building accounts.[10] The island was also the site of the ministry of public works dépôt des marbres.
The king finally ceded the island to the city of Paris on 21 March 1722.[11] Around 1731[12] it was the site of a lodge where wood was cut into logs and stored for firewood, carpentry or boat repairs.[13][14] At this time the island was linked to the rive gauche on its eastern extremity by the "pont des Cignes"[15] or "pont rouge". Jean-Jacques Rousseau promenaded on the island.[16]Letters patent allowing the City of Paris to fill in the channel separating île des Cygnes from the Gros-Caillou quarter were signed on 20 June 1773,[11] and a partial filling-in of the channel is reported in 1780.[17] In 1782 the island was the site of a lamp-oil factory[18] On 11 April 1786 a police decree ordered that "all offal of bulls, cows and sheep continue to be brought to the île des Cygnes to be prepared and cooked there as is the custom".[19] In 1789, the brothers Jacques and Augustin Charles Périer were commissioned by the city of Paris to set up steam mills on the island to meet the flour shortage due to the Seine's winter water levels being too low to power its watermills. Their installation was made up of two steam engines with twelve driving wheels, each 1.95m in diameter. It opened on 30 November 1790 in the presence of the mayor.[20] In 1802-1803 the American inventor Robert Fulton conducted his experiments on steam navigation from the island.[21] In 1812, during the construction of the pont d'Iéna, the rest of the channel was filled in.[22]
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^Société préhistorique française Compte rendu, année 1905, p.455 Schleicher frères, 1906
^De France, Jourdan, Decrusy, Recueil général des anciennes lois françaises, depuis l'an 420 jusqu'à la révolution française p.165, Belin-Le Prieur 1827
^Jean Paul Favreau Les moulins de l'île aux Cygnes, 14 novembre 2006
^Louis Figuier , Exposition et histoire des principales découvertes scientifiques modernes, pp. 284-285 , 1862
^Léon de Lanzac de Laborie, Paris sous Napoléon, tome 2, p.119, Plon, 1905
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Not to be confused with the Ile aux Cygnes in the 15th arrondissement The Ile des Cygnes or Ile Maquerelle was an island on the river Seine in Paris It was in the north west part of the 7th arrondissement between rue de l Universite and the Seine the Invalides and the Champ de Mars The Musee du quai Branly is located on it Isle Maquerelle ou des Cignes linked to the rive gauche by the pont rouge Roussel s map of Paris 1731It was formed by the merger of the islets known as ile des Treilles ile aux Vaches ile Maquerelle ile de Jerusalem and ile de Longchamp and was merged into the rive gauche of the Seine at the end of the 18th century History editAn oak pirogue built with fir plugs discovered in August 1806 during the construction of the footings for Pont d Iena was thought to be a Norman boat dating to the Siege of Paris in 885 86 although some scholars believe that it may have dated to the Sequani tribe from the first century B C 1 2 In the 13th century the peasants of Chaillot on the opposite bank had the right to graze their cattle on the ile Maquerelle in exchange for a payment in kind paid to the Abbaye de Saint Germain des Pres 3 4 The right to fermage was 20 livres in 1492 and the bail de l herbe rose to 27 livres in 1551 5 In 1572 1 200 victims of the St Bartholomew s Day massacre were buried here 6 7 The island was renamed Ile des Cygnes after the swans placed there by a royal decree of 16 October 1676 8 The garde cygnes were in charge of looking after them from pont de Saint Cloud as far as Saint Maur and Corbeil during the winter 9 The garde cygnes s house was inventoried among the royal building accounts 10 The island was also the site of the ministry of public works depot des marbres The king finally ceded the island to the city of Paris on 21 March 1722 11 Around 1731 12 it was the site of a lodge where wood was cut into logs and stored for firewood carpentry or boat repairs 13 14 At this time the island was linked to the rive gauche on its eastern extremity by the pont des Cignes 15 or pont rouge Jean Jacques Rousseau promenaded on the island 16 Letters patent allowing the City of Paris to fill in the channel separating ile des Cygnes from the Gros Caillou quarter were signed on 20 June 1773 11 and a partial filling in of the channel is reported in 1780 17 In 1782 the island was the site of a lamp oil factory 18 On 11 April 1786 a police decree ordered that all offal of bulls cows and sheep continue to be brought to the ile des Cygnes to be prepared and cooked there as is the custom 19 In 1789 the brothers Jacques and Augustin Charles Perier were commissioned by the city of Paris to set up steam mills on the island to meet the flour shortage due to the Seine s winter water levels being too low to power its watermills Their installation was made up of two steam engines with twelve driving wheels each 1 95m in diameter It opened on 30 November 1790 in the presence of the mayor 20 In 1802 1803 the American inventor Robert Fulton conducted his experiments on steam navigation from the island 21 In 1812 during the construction of the pont d Iena the rest of the channel was filled in 22 Notes edit Societe prehistorique francaise Compte rendu annee 1905 p 455 Schleicher freres 1906 Edouard Fournier Histoire du Pont Neuf p 36 Paris a travers les ages histoire nationale de Paris et des Parisiens depuis la fondation de Lutece jusqu a nos jours 1879 Legrand Jean Baptiste Bonaventure de Roquefort Histoire de la vie privee des Francois p 94 Pierre Thomas N Hurtaut Magny Dictionnaire historique de la ville de Paris et de ses environs p 368 1779 Bulletin de la Societe de l histoire du protestantisme francais Page 134 1861 Athanase Coquerel Precis de l histoire de l Eglise reformee de Paris p 126 1862 Edouard Fournier Enigmes des rues de Paris p 278 Dominique Garrigues Jardins et jardiniers de Versailles au Grand Siecle p 134 2001 Jules Guiffrey Comptes des batiments du roi sous le regne de Louis XIV Page 1130 1901 a b Lucien Lazard Inventaire sommaire de la collection Lazare Montassier pp 87 88 Imprimerie Nouvelle association ouvriere 1899 See Roussel s plan of Paris Dechireurs et Hotteurs Archives parlementaires de 1787 a 1860 p 683 Pierre Thomas N Hurtaut Magny Dictionnaire historique de la ville de Paris et de ses monuments p 99 1779 Ninth promenade Reveries du promeneur solitaire in Oeuvres completes tome 6 p 522 Ch Lahure 1857 Memoires de la Societe nationale des antiquaires de France 1864 p 106 Tableau de Paris by Louis Sebastien Mercier 1782 De France Jourdan Decrusy Recueil general des anciennes lois francaises depuis l an 420 jusqu a la revolution francaise p 165 Belin Le Prieur 1827 Jean Paul Favreau Les moulins de l ile aux Cygnes 14 novembre 2006 Louis Figuier Exposition et histoire des principales decouvertes scientifiques modernes pp 284 285 1862 Leon de Lanzac de Laborie Paris sous Napoleon tome 2 p 119 Plon 1905External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ile des 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