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| Keywords: Slaughtering House - Montmartre, 1831.jpg In 1810 in an attempt to appease the complaints of many Parisians Napoléon ordered that five slaughtering houses or abattoirs be built just outside of Paris three on the right bank and two on the left These areas were to be the only designated locations where butchers were allowed to slaughter cattle The abattoir of Montmartre shown here was located between the rues Rochechouart de la Tour d'Auvergne and des Martyrs and had dimensions of 1074 feet by 384 feet 1831 engraving Institution Brown University Library object history exhibition history credit line accession number 1092226814279250 PD-old Engravings of Paris Images of Paris from the Brown University Library Historical images of Montmartre Slaughterhouses in France 1831 in Paris 1831 engravings | ||||
