Birthplace of Jules Moinaux - Tours, France
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N 47° 23.667 E 000° 40.794
31T E 324919 N 5251609
[E] This house, classified as a historical monument, is located in Tours, Centre, France. [F] Cette maison, classée monument historique, se trouve à Tours en Indre-et-Loire.
Waymark Code: WMV1N4
Location: Centre-Val-de-Loire, France
Date Posted: 02/08/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member lumbricus
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[E] Jules Moinaux, artist name of Joseph-Désiré Moineaux or Moineau, is a French writer and humorist, playwright, columnist and librettist.
He was born October 24, 1815 at 34 rue Etienne Marcel in Tours in a house classified as historical monument since 1948.
The three-storey wooden building retains its door surmounted by an embrace, between two molded poles supporting the transom of the first corbelled floor.
The commemorative plaque has recently disappeared but is still visible on Google Street View and on this Web site: (visit link)
Jules Moinaux is the father of the famous theater author Georges Courteline.

[F] Jules Moinaux, nom de plume de Joseph-Désiré Moineaux ou Moineau, est un écrivain et humoriste français, dramaturge, chroniqueur et librettiste.
Il naquit le 24 octobre 1815 au 34 rue Étienne Marcel à Tours dans une maison inscrite aux Monuments Historiques depuis 1948.
Le bâtiment en bois est élevé de trois étages sur rez-de-chaussée a conservé sa porte surmontée d'une accolade amortie d'un fleuron, entre deux poteaux moulurés soutenant la traverse du premier étage en encorbellement.
La plaque commémorative a récemment disparu mais elle est encore visible sur Google Street View et sur ce site Web : (visit link)
Jules Moinaux est le père du célèbre auteur de théâtre Georges Courteline.
Relevant Web Site: [Web Link]

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