VENTADOUR, THÉÂTRE. Ventadour, which has given its name to a street and a lyric theatre in Paris, is a village in the Limousin, created a duchy in 1568 in behalf of Gilbert de Levis, whose descendants have since borne the name of Levis de Ventadour. The Rue Ventadour, opened in 1640 as the Rue St. Victor, took the name it still bears in 1672.It begins at No. 26 in the Avenue de l'Opéra, and ends at No. 57 in...
