The Galerie de Montpensier is a gallery in the

Palais-Royal The Palais-Royal () is a former royal palace located in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France. The screened entrance court faces the Place du Palais-Royal, opposite the Louvre. Originally called the Palais-Cardinal, it was built for Cardinal ...

in the 1st arrondissement of

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

, France.

Description

The Galerie de Montpensier is one of the galleries with arcades located inside the

. It runs along the western side of the Palais-Royal Garden. It starts at Montpensier Peristyle and ends at Joinville Peristyle. A passageway starts from the gallery and ends at 24–25

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Name

The name of the gallery derives from the proximity of

which was named after

Antoine Philippe, Duke of Montpensier Louis Antoine Philippe d'Orléans, Duke of Montpensier (3 July 1775, Palais-Royal, Paris - 18 May 1807, Salthill, England)The story of his death at the Windmill Inn at Salthill is in doubt. See was a son of Louis Philippe, Duke of Orléans ('' ...

, the brother of King

Louis Philippe I Louis Philippe (6 October 1773 – 26 August 1850) was King of the French from 1830 to 1848, and the penultimate monarch of France. As Louis Philippe, Duke of Chartres, he distinguished himself commanding troops during the Revolutionary War ...

. The gallery was originally named ''Galerie Montpensier''. It was renamed ''Galerie des Combats'' in 1840, before it took its current name.

Notable buildings

*During the

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, the ''Café Corazza'' hosted the Society of the Friends of the Constitution before it chose to gather at the Couvent des Jacobins on

Rue Saint-Honoré The rue Saint-Honoré is a street in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France. It is named after the collegial situated in ancient times within the cloisters of Saint-Honoré. The street, on which are located a number of museums and upscale bou ...

. A ballroom named ''Pince-Cul'' was located in the underground floor. *Nos. 57–60: The '' Café de Foy'' opened there in 1784 and remained there until its closure in 1863. *Nos. 51–52: clockmaker Charles Oudin settled there in 1845. *Nos. 48–50: Alfred Hamel founded its jeweller's, goldsmith's and clockmaker's house there in 1879.

References

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