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Percée en 1784, dans le mur des fermiers généraux ( comme en témoigne les deux pavillons symétriques de Claude Nicolas Ledoux, visibles sur les deux cartes postale suivante) la vieille place d’Enfer prit le nom de l’héroïque et courageux défenseur de Belfort, le Colonel Denfert-Rochereau, en 1878. A cet emplacement, coupant le mur, la barrière d’Enfer avait été édifié a l’endroit ou débouchait la route d’Orléans marquant l’entrée de la capitale. Le mur des fermiers généraux, érigé pour contrôler l’entrée des marchandises frappées de taxes dans la capitale, était percé de 47 entrées associés chacune à un pavillon d’octroi ou logeaient les contrôleurs de la ferme. Les fouilles et les inspections des douaniers exaspèrent le public qui proteste contre cette enceinte. « Le mur murant Paris rend Paris murmurant ». Seul quatre barrières furent sauvegardées: celle du Trône, de la Villette, de Monceau et enfin, la Barrière d’Enfer. Un des deux pavillons abrite aujourd’hui l’inspection générales des carrières ainsi que l’entrée des catacombes édifiées dans le quartier au cours du XVIIIème siècle.

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