Place de Dublin
The Place de Dublin viewed from the Rue de Moscou
Place de Dublin is located in Paris
Place de Dublin
Shown within Paris
Arrondissement8th
Coordinates48°52′51″N 2°19′29″E / 48.8807309°N 2.3247483°E / 48.8807309; 2.3247483

The Place de Dublin is a square in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. According to the book Dictionnaire historique des rues de Paris by French historian Jacques Hillairet it was named after Dublin, the capital of Ireland.[1] The street is depicted in Gustave Caillebotte's painting Paris Street; Rainy Day (1877).[2]

Place de Dublin, Gustave Caillebotte, 1877

References

  1. ↑ Jacques Hillairet, Dictionnaire historique des rues de Paris (Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit, 1960)
  2. ↑ Farago, Jason (6 July 2015). "Caillebotte: the painter who captured Paris in flux". BBC. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
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