Impasse du curé

The Impasse du Curé is a small dead-end street in the Goutte-d'Or neighborhood of Paris, in the 18th arrondissement. It owes its name to its proximity to the Church of Saint-Denis de la Chapelle. The history of the site goes back to the 14th century, when the first house of La Chapelle stood here. In the 16th century, the area was surrounded by vineyards, and as early as 1655 the street was mentioned as the "rue du Curé." After it was incorporated into the Paris street network in 1863, it became a dead end, because the construction of the railway line to the Gare du Nord cut off its further course. A historic spot nearby is the cabaret Le Grand Faucheur, which was frequented in the 17th and 18th centuries by famous writers such as Molière and La Fontaine.