Rue Alquié

Note the villas affecting the English style, built in 1864 by Jean Le Faure, who also designed the Saint-Louis Church and the Napoleon III chalets. These villas formed part of a vast urban development programme targeting the land reclaimed following the installation of the dam, enabling the construction of chalets and villas along the Boulevard des États-Unis and Rue Alquié. Continuing on from the chalets built for the Emperor and his entourage, their gardens faced inwards, ensuring the inhabitants' privacy and forming a sort of extension of the park beyond the boulevard. Ultimately, only eight villas were built for the Emperor's relatives. These houses, originally all identical and built in series in the style of a military barracks, nevertheless display the charm of English villas with their small courtyards and gardens, their delightful entrance porches, their decorative wooden borders and railings... All have evolved over time, according to the whims of their owners, except for N° 21, the only villa that most closely resembles the architect's original design.