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Rue Saint-Honoré

Coordinates: 48°51′53″N 2°19′56″E / 48.86472°N 2.33222°E / 48.86472; 2.33222
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Rue Saint-Honoré
Rue Saint-Honoré, Paris
Rue Saint-Honoré is located in Paris
Rue Saint-Honoré
Shown within Paris
Length1,840 m (6,040 ft)
Width20 m (66 ft) 17.50m 14.60m
Arrondissement1st, 8th
QuarterLes Halles. Palais Royale. Place Vendôme.
Coordinates48°51′53″N 2°19′56″E / 48.86472°N 2.33222°E / 48.86472; 2.33222
From21 rue des Halles
To14 rue Royale
Construction
DenominationDecember 10, 1847

The Rue Saint-Honoré is a street in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France. It is named after the collegial Saint-Honoré church [fr], situated in ancient times within the cloisters of Saint-Honoré.

The street, on which are located a number of museums and upscale boutiques, is near the Tuileries Gardens and the Saint-Honoré market. Like many streets in the heart of Paris, the Rue Saint-Honoré, as it is now known, was laid out as early as the Middle Ages or before.

The street, at one time, continued beyond the former city walls into what was the faubourg (from Latin foris burgem, an area "outside the city"). This continuation was eventually named the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré.

History

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The Rue Saint-Honoré has been given the following names in its long history:

  • The section between the Rue de la Lingerie and the Rue de la Tonnellerie was named the Rue de la Chausseterie from 1300 to the 17th century.
  • The section between the now extinct Rue Tirechappe and the Rue de l'Arbre Sec was named the Rue du Chastiau Festu (1300) or du Château Fêtu.
  • The section between the Rue de l'Arbre Sec and the now defunct Rue du Rempart was named the Rue de la Croix du Trahoir, Rue de la Croix du Tiroir or Rue du Traihoir (also spelled du Traihouer, du Trayoir, du Trahoir, du Triouer, or du Trioir) between the 13th and 14th centuries; and the Rue de la chaussée Saint-Honoré from 1450.
  • The section between the now extinct Rue du Rempart and the Rue Royale was known successively as the Chemin de Clichy (1204), Grand chemin Saint-Honoré (1283), Chaussée Saint-Honoré (1370), Grand chemin de la Porte Saint-Honoré (1392), Chemin Royal (1393), Nouvelle rue Saint-Louis (1407), Grand rue Saint-Louis (1421), Rue Neuve-Saint-Louis (1430), Grande rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré (1609), Chaussée Saint-Honoré (1634), and Rue Neuve-Saint-Honoré (1638)
  • In 1966, the part between the Palais-Royal, Comédie-Française, and Place André Malraux was given the name Place Colette.

Notable landmarks

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Henri Dupuy de Lôme lived 374 rue Saint-Honoré from 1857 until his death in 1885.
  • In 1631, the old Porte Saint-Honoré, across from the Rue de Richelieu, was torn down and replaced, facing the Rue Royale.
  • In 1670, the northern fortifications of Paris were demolished and the street was called the Boulevard Saint-Honoré, traversing from the Rue Saint-Antoine to the Rue Saint-Martin.
  • No. 9: 14 May 1610, King Henry IV of France was assassinated by Catholic zealot François Ravaillac.
  • No. 92: 15 January 1622, the playwright known as Molière was born.
  • No. 129 was where Louis Gaston Hebert, one of the founding pioneers of Canada, was born and lived prior to his journey with his wife and three children to New France in 1620.
  • No. 145: The Oratoire du Louvre Protestant church.
  • Nos. 146, 148, and 150: The remains of King Philip II are entombed.
Nos. 161-163

Bibliography

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  • Bernard Stéphane and Franz-Olivier Giesbert. Petite et Grande Histoire des rues de Paris. Paris: Albin Michel, 2000. ISBN 2-226-10879-3. ISBN 978-2-226-10879-1
  • Bernard-Claude Galey. Origines surprenantes des noms de villages, des noms des rues de Paris et de villes de province. Paris: Le Cherche Midi, 2004. ISBN 2-7491-0192-1. ISBN 978-2-7491-0192-7.
  • Anne Thorval. Promenades sur les lieux de l'histoire: D'Henri IV à Mai 68, les rues de Paris racontent l'histoire de France. Paris: Paragamme, 2004. ISBN 2-84096-323-X. ISBN 978-2-84096-323-3.