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The bakery-pastry located at 155 rue d'Alésia in the 14th arrondissement of Paris is an architectural and artisanal testimony of the early twentieth century. Installed around 1900 on the ground floor of a corner building, it is distinguished by its interior decoration and its front, characteristic of the craft art of the time. The painted ceiling, decorated with vases and floral garlands, as well as the glass canvases of the front, are the work of the workshop Benoist et Fils, a renowned actor in the field of Parisian commercial decoration.

Classified as a Historical Monument, this bakery has seen its front and interior decoration protected by a decree of 23 May 1984. This classification underlines the heritage value of its layout, representative of the artisanal signs of the early twentieth century in Paris. The exact address, crossing Rue d'Alésia and Rue Furtado-Heine, as well as its Insee code (75114) confirm its anchoring in the urban landscape of the 14th arrondissement, then in full transformation.

The monument illustrates the importance of mouth shops in Parisian daily life at the turn of the century. At that time, bakeries and pastries played a central role in the feeding of urban dwellers, while embodying artisanal know-how that was often enhanced by careful decors. The Benoist et Fils workshop, specialized in this type of achievement, has helped shape the visual identity of many Parisian establishments, mixing utility and aesthetics.

Available sources, including the Monumentum database and the Merimée data, specify that the location of the monument is estimated to be "passable" (note 5/10), without perfectly accurate GPS coordinates. This inaccuracy reflects the challenges of heritage documentation for buildings integrated into the urban fabric, especially when they relate to businesses still in operation or transformed.

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