Avenue Pierre 1er de Serbie

Avenue Pierre 1er de Serbie is an Avenue which runs through the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France.

Avenue Pierre 1er de Serbie

Avenue Pierre 1er de Serbie looking towards avenue Marceau
Shown within Paris
Length	565 m (1,854 ft)
Width	20 m (66 ft)
Arrondissement	8th, 16th
Quarter	Élysées, Chaillot
Coordinates	48°51′59″N 2°17′49″E
From	Place d'Iéna
To	27 Avenue George V
Construction
Completion	17 September 1864
Denomination	14 July 1918

Location

Avenue Pierre 1er de Serbie runs from Place d'Iena to avenue George V.[1]

History

Previously part of rue Pierre Charron, before that part of rue de Morny. The avenue was officially named on 14 July 1918.

Peter I of Serbia

Name origin

The Avenue was created and named in honor of Peter I of Serbia (1846-1921), last King of Serbia and first King of Yugoslavia; Peter Karadjordjević was educated in France at St Cyr, served as a lieutenant in the French Army during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, served in the French Foreign Legion, and was decorated with the French Legion of Honour for heroism.[2]

Buildings of note

• 10 - Palais Galliera - Musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris

Closest transport

• Métro - Iéna
• RER - Pont de l'Alma
• Bus - 32, 42, 63, 72, 80, 82, 92

Trivia

• Mary Cassatt lived there in 1884.[3]

References

1. Manfred Heid (1972). Les noms de rues de Paris à travers l'histoire: problèmes linguistiques et sociologiques (in French). Bamberger Photodr.
2. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Peter-I-king-of-Serbia
3. Nancy Mowll Mathews (1998). Mary Cassatt: a Life. Yale University Press. pp. 171–. ISBN 978-0-300-16488-6.