Cirque d´Hiver Bouglione in France

Cirque d´Hiver Bouglione

Local name	Cirque National, Circus Bouglione
Type	circus
Founded	1873
Last elephant left	2018
Address	110 rue Amelot
Place	Paris
Country	France
Related persons
Owner	-: Emilien Bouglione -: Alexandre Bouglione -: Louis-Sampion Bouglione 1852-1872: Louis Dejean 1934-: Joseph Bouglione 1934-: Charles Bouglione 1934-: Alexandre Bouglione 1934-: Firmin Bouglione 1934-: Joseph II Bouglione

Directors	: Rosa Bouglione (director) : Sampion III Bouglione (director)

Key People	1933-1933: Maria Rasputin (animal trainer) -1859: James Boswell (artist) -: Sampion Bouglione (animal trainer) -: Alexandra Robba (artist) -: Alexandre Bouglione (artist) -: Alexandre Bouglione (artist) -: Sandrine Bouglione (artist) -: Emma Bouglione (artist) -: Firmin Bouglione (artist) -: Germaine Bouglione (artist) -: Odette Bouglione (artist) -: Odette Bouglione (artist) -: Odette Bouglione (artist) -: Joseph III Bouglione (artist) -: Madona Bouglione (artist) -: Renée Bouglione (artist) -: Rosa Canastrelli (artist) -: Violette de Dessus-le-Moustier (artist)

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History of updates	2023-09-23

Latest document update	2023-09-23 09:25:33
Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d´Hiver, Paris, France. Photo: Richard Avedon, 1955

Description

Cirque d´Hiver Bouglione, located at 110 rue Amelot, in Paris, France , was founded in 1873. The last elephant left in 2018.

Comments / pictures Cirque d´Hiver Bouglione in France France

Cirque d´Hiver is located in the worlds oldest extant circus building in Paris.

1934: bought by the Bouglione brothers (Alexandre Bouglione, 1900-1954; Joseph Bouglione, 1904-1987; Firmin Bouglione, 1905-1980; Sampion Bouglione, 1910-1967)

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Joseph II Bouglione with wife Rosa Bouglione, and children Emilien Bouglione, Joseph III Bouglione, Sampion III Bouglione, and Sandrine Bouglione.

1950: over 70 elephants (Gröning, Sallers:Elephants: A Cultural and Natural History)

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Elephants from Bouglione Circus at the Place du Trocadéro, Paris. 1968. Photo: Guy Le Querrec.

2018: The Bouglione project to go on tour again two years ago appears to be no longer financially sustainable and is therefore loss-making. Bouglione has already stopped in March and will henceforth be confined to Cirque d'Hiver in Paris, in a permanent circus building.

The Bouglione family owns a 180 m 2private museum in the Cirque d'Hiver. The exhibits were collected by : Emilien Bouglione then by his son, Louis-Sampion Bouglione, and mostly date from the Second Empire: costumes, photographs, posters, documents

References for records about Cirque d´Hiver Bouglione

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). Cirque d´Hiver Bouglione, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=78. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Page 267, Elephants: A Cultural and Natural History, by Karl Groning and Martin Saller
http://circusweb.nl/franse-circussen-amar-pinder-en-bouglione-stoppen-ermee/

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