Le Peletier (Paris Métro) Le Peletier (Paris Métro) Le Peletier is a station of the Paris Métro. It is named after Rue le Peletier, which was named after Louis Peletier, who was last but one "prévôt des marchands" (provost of merchants) between 1784 and 1789. This feudal position was abolished in the French Revolution. The Opéra National de Paris was located in the "Salle Peletier", in Rue le Peletier, between 1821 and 1873, when it was destroyed by fire. It was the first theatre to use gas lighting to illuminate the stage. It is located a short walk from Notre-Dame-de-Lorette station on line 12,
Le Cri de Paris Le Cri de Paris Le Cri de Paris is an illustrated French political magazine that was founded by Alexandre Natanson in 1897 and was at the beginning a supplement of "La Revue Blanche". "Le Cri de Paris" title means "The Paris Protest" in English, but it has in French two other meanings like "Paris Fashion" (as in « "le dernier cri" », "chic", etc.) and "cri" as in "cris de Paris", i.e. the street cries. This ambiguous title was forged by Félix Fénéon. The magazine covered news, political articles and satire. Juan Gris was one of its illustrators. It featured