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Boulevard Saint Martin 288
Paris, France
Type: Other
Status: Closed
Open: 1835, Close: 1916
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| The Cercle is the place of appointment of the aristocracy and high finance members.To be admitted the candidate had to be proposed by a member and balloted for- almost the cercles were very restrictive to new members. The Cercles were conducted on similar principles to the clubs in London.The members subscribing supported usualy a magnificent apartment in which the members join for the purpose of conversation, reading papers, diner and playing cards and billiard. In some of them the gambling reaches high matches. Some cercles organized theatrical representations, musical evenings, art exhibitions and great dinners, and had accommodation for members
The Cercle Agricole was established in 1835, with a seat at the intersection of the quai Voltaire and Rue de Beaune. In the nineteenth century agriculture was the main richness of the country. The Cercle brought together representatives of the biggest and rich agricultural owners. In 1864 the Chamber of Paris offers the Cercle a land on Boulevard Saint Martin, in which was built a building that will own the number 288. The building opened on 29.03.1835, includes a library with 35,000 books ,a billiards room, 4 gambling rooms and a lecture hall shaped roundabout. The club familiarly called Patate (potato) was attended for nearly a century by personalities of the aristocracy and the big bourgeoisie. It was a great promoter of conferences (mainly on agriculture). In 1916 it merged with the Cercle de la Rue Royale.
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CG165095
Added: 2016-06-23
Last Update: 2016-06-23
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