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Porte Saint-Honoré was a city gate in
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 ...
. It was the main entry point into the city from the west, towards Saint-Germain-en-Laye (with porte Saint-Denis to the north towards Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Saint-Denis, porte Saint-Antoine to the east towards Vincennes, and to the south towards Orléans). There were three gates that bore the name, demolished rebuilt further and further along rue Saint-Honoré as the city expanded - they dated to the early 13th, late 14th and early 17th centuries.


Bibliography

*Jacques Hillairet, ''Connaissance du vieux Paris : rive droite, rive gauche, les îles & les villages'', Paris, éditions Payot & Rivages, 1993 (1re éd. 1956), 3 t. en 1 vol. , 377-299-255 p. (). *Renaud Gagneux and Denis Prouvost, ''Sur les traces des enceintes de Paris : promenade au long des murs disparus'', Paris, éditions Parigramme, 2004, 246 p. (). {{DEFAULTSORT:Porte Saint-Honore category:City gates in Paris, Saint-Honore category:Buildings and structures in the 1st arrondissement of Paris category:Former buildings and structures in Paris