{"id":240508,"date":"2025-10-04T10:00:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T08:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/?p=240508"},"modified":"2025-10-04T09:30:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T07:30:32","slug":"caryatide-rue-turbigo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/insolite\/caryatide-rue-turbigo\/","title":{"rendered":"Avez-vous d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu cet \u00ab ange bizarre \u00bb de 5m de haut qui surveille les Parisiens ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Les plus grands myst\u00e8res de<strong> Paris<\/strong> ne se cachent pas tous dans <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catacombes.paris.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">les catacombes<\/a><\/strong> ou dans d\u2019autres <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/insolite\/lieux-insolites\/souterrain-la-defense\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">souterrains m\u00e9connus<\/a>. Parfois, ils sont face \u00e0 nous, et nous surveillent depuis des si\u00e8cles. Si vous \u00eates pr\u00eats \u00e0 mener l\u2019enqu\u00eate, nous allons vous d\u00e9voiler les premi\u00e8res pistes concernant la plus grande caryatide de <strong>Paris<\/strong>, nich\u00e9e en plein c\u0153ur du 3<sup>e<\/sup> arrondissement.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000080;\">La plus grande caryatide de <strong>Paris<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Il ne s\u2019agit pas que d\u2019un visage \u00e9trange ou grima\u00e7ant. Les <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/insolite\/balades-excursions\/mascarons-paris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mascarons de<strong> Paris<\/strong><\/a> portent leurs propres l\u00e9gendes. Ici, cet ange incrust\u00e9 au sein d\u2019un immeuble haussmannien garde des secrets uniques !<\/p>\n<p>Nous sommes au <strong>57 rue de Turbigo<\/strong>\u00a0: une rue n\u00e9e sous le <strong>Second Empire<\/strong>, dans le cadre des grands travaux du <strong>baron Haussmann<\/strong>. C\u2019est dire : la <strong>rue de Turbigo<\/strong> relie la <strong>place du Ch\u00e2telet<\/strong> \u00e0 la<strong> place de la R\u00e9publique<\/strong>. Nous sommes \u00e9galement \u00e0 quelques pas du <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arts-et-metiers.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mus\u00e9e des Arts et m\u00e9tiers.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cette caryatide surprenante s\u2019\u00e9tend le long de trois \u00e9tages. Son surnom le plus courant est, litt\u00e9ralement \u00ab l\u2019ange bizarre \u00bb, car elle ne correspond pas aux r\u00e8gles d\u2019art classique. Ses ailes sont repli\u00e9es, elle semble surveiller les passants\u2026 Clairement, les sources se contredisent, mais seules les dates s\u2019accordent : elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 propos\u00e9e en 1851, et l\u2019immeuble sur lequel elle se trouve a \u00e9t\u00e9 achev\u00e9 en 1859.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_240520\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-240520\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-240520\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/caryatide-rue-turbigo2-paris-zigzag-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Caryatide rue du Turbigo \u00a9 Wikicommons\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/caryatide-rue-turbigo2-paris-zigzag-1-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/caryatide-rue-turbigo2-paris-zigzag-1-1-514x300.jpg 514w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/caryatide-rue-turbigo2-paris-zigzag-1-1-1024x597.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/caryatide-rue-turbigo2-paris-zigzag-1-1-768x448.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/caryatide-rue-turbigo2-paris-zigzag-1-1-200x117.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/caryatide-rue-turbigo2-paris-zigzag-1-1-80x47.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/caryatide-rue-turbigo2-paris-zigzag-1-1-500x292.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/caryatide-rue-turbigo2-paris-zigzag-1-1-700x408.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/caryatide-rue-turbigo2-paris-zigzag-1-1-1000x583.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/caryatide-rue-turbigo2-paris-zigzag-1-1-600x350.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/caryatide-rue-turbigo2-paris-zigzag-1-1-857x500.jpg 857w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/caryatide-rue-turbigo2-paris-zigzag-1-1-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-240520\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Caryatide rue du Turbigo \u00a9 Wikicommons<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Cet ange unique est d\u00e9cor\u00e9 de d\u00e9tails qui agr\u00e9mentent son myst\u00e8re. \u00c0 sa main gauche, il porte une branche de myrrhe : ce qui pourrait faire r\u00e9f\u00e9rence aux mythes \u00e9sot\u00e9riques de la Gr\u00e8ce Antique, qui \u00e9voquent la vie apr\u00e8s la mort. Dans la Bible, il s\u2019agit \u00e9galement d\u2019un des pr\u00e9sents apport\u00e9s par les rois mages \u00e0 J\u00e9sus. Cette caryatide tient aussi un petit sac. La th\u00e9orie la plus courante affirme qu\u2019il s\u2019agirait d\u2019une bourse ; un accessoire courant sous le <strong>Second Empire<\/strong>. Cette \u0153uvre du <strong>57 rue de Turbigo<\/strong> a eu le droit \u00e0 d&rsquo;autres dr\u00f4les de surnoms : \u00ab le g\u00e9nie \u00bb, et, tout simplement, \u00ab la femme qu\u2019a l\u2019sac \u00bb.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>5m50 de myst\u00e8res<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Du haut de ses 5m50, la plus grande caryatide de <strong>Paris<\/strong> continue d&rsquo;intriguer, car m\u00eame le nom de son cr\u00e9ateur est incertain. Tr\u00e8s souvent, <strong>Auguste-\u00c9mile Delange<\/strong> est cit\u00e9, puisque c\u2019est effectivement lui qui a propos\u00e9 le dessin de la caryatide en 1851, lors d\u2019un concours des <strong>Beaux-Arts<\/strong>. Pourtant, aucune source n\u2019atteste qu\u2019il a \u00e9t\u00e9 au bout du projet.<\/p>\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-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CPFqowmMxCc\/?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\/CPFqowmMxCc\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Une publication partag\u00e9e par Interior Design &amp; Home Decor (@bastilleandsons)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>L\u2019artiste <strong>Aim\u00e9 Millet<\/strong> fait \u00e9galement partie des th\u00e9ories. Certains lui attribuent sa r\u00e9alisation, car il \u00e9tait un sculpteur officiel et reconnu \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9poque. On sait, entre autres, qu&rsquo;<strong>Aim\u00e9 Millet<\/strong> a \u00e9difi\u00e9 des d\u00e9cors monumentaux \u00e0 <strong>Paris<\/strong>, comme le gigantesque Apollon perch\u00e9 sur <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.operadeparis.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">le Palais Garnier<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Notez que l\u2019\u00e9crivain surr\u00e9aliste <strong>Raymond Queneau<\/strong> s\u2019est toujours amus\u00e9 \u00e0 ajouter sa propre histoire aux th\u00e9ories d\u00e9j\u00e0 cit\u00e9es : l\u2019ange bizarre serait la commande d\u2019un propri\u00e9taire fantasque de l\u2019immeuble qui aurait gagn\u00e9 le gros lot. L\u2019inconnu aurait voulu donner vie \u00e0 un ange qu\u2019il aurait vu dans un de ses r\u00eaves\u2026 Pourquoi pas, apr\u00e8s tout ? Le myst\u00e8re demeure, mais la caryatide du <strong>57 rue de Turbigo<\/strong> surveille toujours les Parisiens.<\/p>\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-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bul8lPtHAMD\/?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\/Bul8lPtHAMD\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Une publication partag\u00e9e par Beno\u00eet (@histoireparisienne)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>57 rue de Turbigo, 75003 Paris <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Arts et M\u00e9tiers M3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Photo \u00e0 la une :<\/strong> <\/em>Caryatide rue du Turbigo \u00a9 AdobeStock<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Les plus grands myst\u00e8res de Paris ne se cachent pas tous dans les catacombes ou dans d\u2019autres souterrains m\u00e9connus. Parfois, ils sont face \u00e0 nous, et nous surveillent depuis des si\u00e8cles. Si vous \u00eates pr\u00eats \u00e0 mener l\u2019enqu\u00eate, nous allons vous d\u00e9voiler les premi\u00e8res pistes concernant la plus grande caryatide de Paris, nich\u00e9e en plein [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":240518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_titles_title":"Avez-vous d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu cet \u00ab ange bizarre \u00bb de 5m de haut qui surveille les Parisiens ? 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