Quai des Orfèvres

Road, railroad …

Paris, France

Quai along the Seine on the Île de la Cité.

A fire-fighting battalion, the so-called pompiers, was stationed here from 1811.

Traveljournal 1814

Visit to the fire brigade and departure, 18 August 1814

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Cite as: Quai des Orfèvres. In: Travel Reports of a Pioneer: Digital Edition of the Travel Journals of Johann Conrad Fischer 1794–1851. Published by Franziska Eggimann. Edited by Franziska Eggimann, Nicolau Lutz, Valerija Rukavina und Christopher Zoller-Blundell. Schlatt 2023, Version 1.2, https://johannconradfischer.com/en/places/gfa-places-1603, viewed on 7 June 2025.

[[title]] — Quai des Orfèvres (drawing by Louis-Martial-Théodat Masson, 1850)