Rue Mondétour is a small

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in the 1st arrondissement of the city of

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Origin

This street is perhaps its name to the lords of Mondetour, and particularly Claude Foucault, Lord of Mondetour who was

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of the city of

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under the provost master Jean Morin. Other historians assumed that the name of this track is a street Maudestour alteration or Bad Detour.

Bibliography

* Henri Sauval : ''History and research of the antiquities of the city of Paris'' * Jean La Tynna, ''Dictionary topographic, etymological and historical of the streets of Paris (1817)'' * Jacques Hillairet , ''Historical Dictionary of the streets of Paris'' * Guillot de Paris , ''Le Dit des rues de Paris'' with preface, notes and glossary by Edgar Mareuse

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rue Mondétour Streets in the 1st arrondissement of Paris