{"id":237272,"date":"2025-08-13T16:00:56","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T14:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/?p=237272"},"modified":"2025-08-13T15:44:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T13:44:59","slug":"maison-aux-tortues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/insolite\/lieux-insolites\/maison-aux-tortues\/","title":{"rendered":"Que font des tortues en bronze sur cette boulangerie parisienne ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00c0 l\u2019angle du<strong> boulevard Haussmann et de la rue Tronchet<\/strong>, une fa\u00e7ade surprend dans le paysage haussmannien. On y aper\u00e7oit<strong> tortues et \u00e9l\u00e9phants en bronze<\/strong>, ainsi qu&rsquo;une inscription intrigante : \u00ab\u00a0Aux Tortues\u00a0\u00bb. Une animalerie ? L&rsquo;hypoth\u00e8se est vite \u00e9cart\u00e9e puisque derri\u00e8re cette fa\u00e7ade bois\u00e9e s\u2019installe aujourd\u2019hui la c\u00e9l\u00e8bre cha\u00eene de boulangerie Paul. Retour sur l\u2019histoire de ce lieu qui conserve la m\u00e9moire d\u2019un autre temps et dont la d\u00e9coration rappelle la destination premi\u00e8re.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Fa\u00e7ade du luxe exotique de la Belle \u00c9poque<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_237274\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-237274\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-237274\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/maison-tortue-1900-pairs-zigzag.jpg\" alt=\"La maison de la tortue vers 1900\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/maison-tortue-1900-pairs-zigzag.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/maison-tortue-1900-pairs-zigzag-449x300.jpg 449w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/maison-tortue-1900-pairs-zigzag-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/maison-tortue-1900-pairs-zigzag-200x134.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/maison-tortue-1900-pairs-zigzag-80x53.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/maison-tortue-1900-pairs-zigzag-500x334.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/maison-tortue-1900-pairs-zigzag-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/maison-tortue-1900-pairs-zigzag-749x500.jpg 749w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/maison-tortue-1900-pairs-zigzag-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-237274\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">La maison de la tortue vers 1900<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>C\u2019est derri\u00e8re cette fa\u00e7ade, encadr\u00e9e de deux imposantes<strong> t\u00eates d\u2019\u00e9l\u00e9phants<\/strong>, de <strong>tortues<\/strong>, de guirlandes en bronze, que l\u2019\u00e9lite parisienne de la <strong>Belle \u00c9poque<\/strong> venait se procurer des objets raffin\u00e9s issus du <strong>commerce colonial.<\/strong> Depuis la rue, les animaux sculpt\u00e9s annon\u00e7aient d\u00e9j\u00e0 ce qu&rsquo;on l&rsquo;on pouvait trouver \u00e0 l&rsquo;int\u00e9rieur : fond\u00e9e par <strong>L\u00e9onidas Garland\u00a0<\/strong>en\u00a0<strong>1864<\/strong>, le magasin \u00ab\u00a0Aux tortues\u00a0\u00bb se sp\u00e9cialisait dans la vente d&rsquo;objets en ivoire, en \u00e9cailles de tortues et en bois rares. Cadeaux raffin\u00e9s, n\u00e9cessaires de voyage, peignes, &#8230; autant de produits qui \u00e9taient en vogue sous le<strong> Second Empire<\/strong>, faits en mat\u00e9riaux issus des colonies. La fa\u00e7ade en elle-m\u00eame t\u00e9moigne aujourd&rsquo;hui encore de ce temps r\u00e9volu, \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9poque o\u00f9 le quartier -enti\u00e8rement r\u00e9am\u00e9nag\u00e9 par le baron Haussmann- voyait surgir les grands magasins et nouveaux commerces prestigieux.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Une fa\u00e7ade class\u00e9e, entre bois, marbre et bronze<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cc_CUSkMsm4\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">Voir cette publication sur Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cc_CUSkMsm4\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Une publication partag\u00e9e par MONCOMPASS (@moncompass)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>En <strong>1910<\/strong>, la devanture de la \u00ab\u00a0<strong>Maison aux \u00c9cailles\u00a0\u00bb<\/strong> ou \u00ab\u00a0Maison aux Tortues\u00a0\u00bb se refait une beaut\u00e9 et adopte son apparence actuelle. Plus discr\u00e8te qu\u2019auparavant, elle conserve son bestiaire exotique : deux t\u00eates d\u2019\u00e9l\u00e9phants tr\u00f4nent de chaque c\u00f4t\u00e9 de l&rsquo;entr\u00e9e, surmont\u00e9es de tortues semblant grimper l&rsquo;\u00e9difice, le tout r\u00e9alis\u00e9 en bronze. Plus haut, sur les vitres de l&rsquo;\u00e9tage, des tortues peintes avec raffinement ajoutent au charme du lieu. Entre bois et marbre, le b\u00e2timent au <strong>style Louis XVI<\/strong> attire encore le regard, et la fa\u00e7ade a d\u2019ailleurs \u00e9t\u00e9 <strong>inscrite aux Monuments historiques<\/strong> le 6 ao\u00fbt 1975, puis <strong>class\u00e9e le 23 mai 1984.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Des \u00e9cailles aux p\u00e2tisseries<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CkZWLxatEV6\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">Voir cette publication sur Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CkZWLxatEV6\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Une publication partag\u00e9e par Caroline Hauer (@caroline.haue.r)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Aujourd\u2019hui, les p\u00e2tisseries et viennoiseries ont remplac\u00e9 les bibelots derri\u00e8re les jolies vitrines de la maison \u00ab\u00a0Aux tortues\u00a0\u00bb. Heureusement, les habitudes de consommation ont \u00e9volu\u00e9 : \u00e0 partir de <strong>1960<\/strong>, l\u2019ivoire et les \u00e9cailles de tortue sont progressivement<strong> interdits \u00e0 la vente<\/strong>, pour prot\u00e9ger ces esp\u00e8ces en voie de disparition \u00e0 cause des d\u00e9rives du commerce colonial. Finalement, le commerce de L\u00e9onidas Garland ferme dans les ann\u00e9es <strong>1990<\/strong>, laissant la place \u00e0 la c\u00e9l\u00e8bre cha\u00eene Paul. Pas de retour \u00e0 z\u00e9ro, ni de nouvelle fa\u00e7ade ultra minimaliste : \u00e0 la place, l&rsquo;enseigne a choisi de conserver et m\u00eame de r\u00e9nover ce d\u00e9cor du XXe si\u00e8cle, pour le plus grand plaisir des passants !<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Image \u00e0 la une<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong>\u00ab\u00a0Aux Tortues\u00a0\u00bb Fa\u00e7ade ,\u00a0 \u00a9 @lesfacadesdeparis sur Instagram<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>A lire \u00e9galement<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/insolite\/lieux-insolites\/cafe-nuances\/\">\u00c0 Paris, ce caf\u00e9 s\u2019est install\u00e9 dans une ancienne cr\u00e8merie au splendide plafond Art D\u00e9co<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/insolite\/lieux-insolites\/bibliotheque-smith-lesouef-nogent\/\">Pourquoi personne ne connait cette somptueuse biblioth\u00e8que aux portes de Paris ?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00c0 l\u2019angle du boulevard Haussmann et de la rue Tronchet, une fa\u00e7ade surprend dans le paysage haussmannien. On y aper\u00e7oit tortues et \u00e9l\u00e9phants en bronze, ainsi qu&rsquo;une inscription intrigante : \u00ab\u00a0Aux Tortues\u00a0\u00bb. Une animalerie ? L&rsquo;hypoth\u00e8se est vite \u00e9cart\u00e9e puisque derri\u00e8re cette fa\u00e7ade bois\u00e9e s\u2019installe aujourd\u2019hui la c\u00e9l\u00e8bre cha\u00eene de boulangerie Paul. Retour sur l\u2019histoire [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88,"featured_media":237279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1147],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lieux-insolites","ville-paris"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/88"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237272"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":237282,"href":"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237272\/revisions\/237282"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/237279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}