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Heritage classified

Origin and history

The butcher shop at 62 rue de Vaugirard, in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, is a historic monument whose front was protected by a registration order on 23 May 1984. This building, representative of the Parisian shops of the 19th century, illustrates the architecture and urban usages of this time, where the fronts played a central role in the identity of the neighborhoods.

The location of this monument, although documented in the Mérimée base, has a notable inaccuracy: the official address (62 rue de Vaugirard) differs from that of GPS coordinates (45 rue Madame). This disparity reflects the challenges of preserving heritage data in a constantly changing urban fabric. The front, a protected element, bears witness to the craftsmanship and decorative styles of the 19th century.

The classification of this butcher shop is part of a broader approach to preserving the Parisian commercial heritage, often threatened by modern transformations. The monuments of this type offer an overview of the economic and social activities that structured the daily life of Parisians in the 19th century, a period marked by industrialization and the rise of the bourgeois and working classes.

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