Rue Beautreillis
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| Length | 231 m (758 ft) |
|---|---|
| Width | 10 m (33 ft) |
| Arrondissement | 4th |
| Quarter | Le Marais |
| Coordinates | 48°51′10″N 2°21′48″E / 48.852641°N 2.363310°E |
| From | Rue des Lions-Saint-Paul |
| To | Rue Saint-Antoine |
| Construction | |
| Completion | 1836 |
| Inauguration | 1555 |
The Rue Beautreillis is a street in Le Marais, a historic area of the 4th arrondissement in central Paris, France.[1]
Location and access
The Rue Beautreillis, almost parallel to the Rue Saint-Paul and the Rue du Petit-Musc, begins at the Rue des Lions-Saint-Paul and ends at the Rue Saint-Antoine. It successively crosses the Rue Charles-V and the Rue Neuve-Saint-Pierre. Like many streets in old Paris, its narrow width is uneven and its buildings include traces of its long history of houses, hotels, and buildings dating from different eras.[citation needed]
Origin of the name
The street's name, attributed in 1555, is in memory of the Hôtel de Beautreillis, which was built on the site of the Hôtel Saint-Pol, and which takes its name from the vines against the walls of the garden.[citation needed]
History
The street is cited under the names of Rue Girard-Bocquet[2] and Rue de Beau-trillis in a manuscript of 1636 where the records indicate that it is "found orderly, room and full of mud and filth".[citation needed]
By ministerial decision of 6 September 1836, the length of this road was increased from 188 m to 231 m by absorption of the Rue Gérard-Beauquet (taken from the name of the owner of the Hôtel de Beautreillis), formerly the Rue du Pistolet.[3]
It was at a barricade parallel to the Rue Beautreillis on the Rue Saint-Antoine that General François de Négrier was killed in June 1848.[citation needed]
Notable buildings and events
- Eugène Grangé (1810–1887) was born in the street on 16 December 1810 at the theatre there.[citation needed]
- No. 6: remains of the Hôtel Raoul.[citation needed]
- No. 7: house with wrought iron terrace (historic monument).[4]
- No. 16: Victorien Sardou (1831–1908), dramatist, was born there on 5 September 1831.[citation needed]
- No. 17: Jim Morrison (1943–1971), lead singer of The Doors, died there in an apartment in the building, on 3 July 1971.[5]
- No. 22: Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867), poet, lived there with Jeanne Duval (c. 1820–c. 1862), actress and dancer.[citation needed]
Notes and references
- ^ "Rue Beautreillis". parispropertygroup.com. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- ^ This is the name given to the part of the Rue Beautreillis that goes from the Rue des Lions to the Rue Charles-V, then the Rue Neuve-Saint-Paul.
- ^ Jacques Hillairet, Historical dictionary of the streets of Paris, Éditions de Minuit, p. 168.
- ^ "Île-de-France; Paris (75); Paris 4e Arrondissement; 7 rue Beautreillis". POP: la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (in French). France: Ministry of Culture. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- ^ Young, Michelle (January 7, 2014). "The Apartment in Paris Where Jim Morrison Died at 17 Rue Beautreillis". untappedcities.com. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
External links
- Rue Beautreillis blog by Gaspard Landau