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Sign: Paris - The metro in person - Le Peletier station


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Le Peletier, 1 Rue de la Victoire, 75009 Paris, France
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On the sign:
le métro en personne
RATP logo
histoire(s) de métro

Le Peletier?
Cherchez la flamme!


Personne n’en sait plus rien aujourd’hui, mais la dynastie le Peletier fut une des plus importantes familles de robe avant la révolution.

On compte ainsi un Claude Le Peletier (1630-1711), prévôt des marchands de Paris (1) et ministre d’Etat du Roi-Soleil, un Michel Le Peletier de Souzy (1640-1725), directeur des fortifications, un Michel Robert Le Peletier des Forts (1675-1740), contrôleur des finances, et même un Amédée Louis Le Peletier... entomologiste (1770-1845)!

Pourtant, alors que nous disposons d’une pelletée de Le Peletier, le métro célèbre deux fois le même! En effet, Louis-Michel Le Peletier de Mortefontaine (1760-1793) est honoré dans cette station en qualité de dernier prévôt des marchands, qui correspond en fait à la fonction de maire. A la station Saint-Fargeau, le même Le Peletier apparait... en qualité de marquis! Une gloire posthume bien curieuse, car notre noble révolutionnaire avait choisi de renoncer à son titre pour devenir président de la Constituante. Il vota même la mort du roi, ce qui lui valut d’être assassiné en 1793!

Le Peletier donna aussi son nom à une salle de l’ancien opéra. Edifié en 1822, ce Théâtre (2) de l’Académie Royale de Musique avait inauguré les premiers éclairages au gaz pour souligner les effets de scène d’⪡Aladin... et la lampe merveilleuse⪢ (3). Malgré la protection de Mortefontaine, le génie finit par s’échapper de la lampe et la salle fut ravagée en 1873 par un incendie. Deux ans plus tard, elle était remplacée par l’Opéra-Garnier... où ne brûlent plus, heureusement, que les feux de la passion!

Le Peletier dans le métro
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One of the signs describing the history of the Paris Metro.

The sign is at Le Peletier station and explains the origin of the station’s name - the Peletier dynasty.

The text refers to the images that appear on the sign, and that appear here in enlargement:
(1) The symbol of nobility of the Peletier family
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(2) The old opera house
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(3) Aladdin and the Magic Lamp
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At the bottom of the sign is a map with the location of the two stations where people from the dynasty were commemorated
Le Peletier and Saint-Fargeau
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The station itself was photographed that day Click for a larger image

RATP - Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens - Autonomous Parisian Transportation Administration

Translation of the text on the sign:
the metro in person
RATP logo
metro history (story)

The Peletier?
Look for the flame!


Nobody knows anything about it today, but the Peletier dynasty was one of the most important dress families before the revolution.

We thus count a Claude Le Peletier (1630-1711), provost of the merchants of Paris (1) and minister of state of the Sun King, a Michel Le Peletier de Souzy (1640-1725), director of fortifications, a Michel Robert Le Peletier des Forts (1675-1740), financial controller, and even an Amédée Louis Le Peletier... entomologist (1770-1845)!

However, while we have a shovelful of Le Peletier, the metro celebrates the same thing twice! Indeed, Louis-Michel Le Peletier de Mortefontaine (1760-1793) is honored in this station as the last provost of merchants, which in fact corresponds to the function of mayor. At the Saint-Fargeau station, the same Le Peletier appears... as a marquis! A very curious posthumous glory, because our noble revolutionary had chosen to renounce his title to become president of the Constituent Assembly. He even voted for the death of the king, which led to his assassination in 1793!

Le Peletier also gave his name to a room in the old opera house. Built in 1822, this Theater (2) of the Royal Academy of Music inaugurated the first gas lighting to highlight the stage effects of ⪡Aladdin... and the marvelous lamp⪢ (3). Despite Mortefontaine’s protection, the genie eventually escaped from the lamp and the room was destroyed in 1873 by a fire. Two years later, it was replaced by the Opéra-Garnier... where, fortunately, only the fires of passion now burn!

The Peletier in the metro




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