Ancienne barrière d'Enfer: Aujourd'hui place Denfert-Rochereau

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Barrière d'Enfer - is paired buildings, which once served as a gateway to the farmers through the wall (Mur des Fermiers généraux) on the Place Denfert-Rochereau.Nazvanie «Barrière d'Enfer» comes from the street «Rue d'Enfer» (now called " rue Denfert-Rochereau »), which leads to after crossing the rue du Faubourg Saint-Jacques. Some historians believe that the street is named so because it was a "place of debauchery and robbery", while others believe that the name comes from the distorted Latin "through lowland" (as opposed to the Rue Saint-Jacques, which was known as "sublime." According to Michel Roblenu, the name may be derived from the nickname en fer ( «iron"), this door on the wall of Philip II Avgusta.Dva neoclassical pavilion, which make up the barrier, were built in 1787 by architect Claude Nicolas Ledoux, both knowledge preserved. The buildings are decorated with a frieze and depicting dancers performed Jean Guillaume Moittom.