Rue Beaujolais is a street in the 1st arrondissement of

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, France.

Location

The 128-meter-long street has an approximately east-west orientation. It starts at

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and ends at

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. The vehicles can drive from west to east only. It is equally distant from Métro stations Bourse ( Line 3) and Palais Royal – Musée du Louvre (Lines 1 and 7).

History

The street was named after

Louis Charles, Count of Beaujolais Louis Charles Alphonse Léodgard d'Orléans, Count of Beaujolais (7 October 1779 – 30 May 1808) was a French prince of the blood, son of Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, Philippe Égalité and the younger brother of Louis Philippe I, Kin ...

, the son of

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. The street was established in 1784 on a part of the former Palais-Royal Garden when the

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had the stone galleries built. At this time, the street was named ''Passage de Beaujolais''. Between 1797 and 1814, the street took the name ''Rue d'Arcole'' to commemorate the

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. In 1849, it was briefly named ''Rue Hoche'' after General of the Revolutionary Lazare Hoche. Until the mid-19th century, the street was called ''Rue de Beaujolais-Palais-Royal'' several times to distinguish it from the other streets with similar names, like Rue de Beaujolais-Saint-Honoré (disestablished 1852) and Rue de Beaujolais-au-Marais.

Remarkable buildings

*No. 3: entry of the Beaujolais Peristyle that leads to the Palais-Royal Garden. *No. 5:

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cabaret. *Between Nos. 7 and 9:

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that leads to Galerie de Beaujolais inside the

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. *No. 9: **site of the former bookshop of Thomas Aurore Armand Martainville-Delaage, opened in 1812, known as the ''Cercle encyclopédique'' or ''Cercle littéraire encyclopédique''. **former residence of

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(1873–1954) and her third husband

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(1905–1944). *No. 15:

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stayed there in December 1939 before he left for

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. *No. 17: ''

Le Grand Véfour Le Grand Véfour (), the first grand restaurant in Paris, France, was opened in the arcades of the Palais-Royal in 1784 by Antoine Aubertot, as the ''Café de Chartres'', and was purchased in 1820 by Jean Véfour, who was able to retire within t ...

'', an old restaurant led by chef

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and

were regular guests. *No. 18: former site of the nightclub ''Whisky à Gogo'' opened in 1947.

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worked there. *No. 19: Peristyle of Joinville, that leads to the Palais-Royal Garden. *No. 20: façade of a restaurant adorned with two ''

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''. File:P1120924 Paris Ier Palais-Royal péristyle de Beaujolais rwk.JPG, No. 3, Beaujolais Peristyle. File:Plaque Colette2.jpg, No. 9,

's residence. File:P1100905 Paris Ier rue de Beaujolais n°19 péristyle de Joinville rwk.JPG, No. 17 (restaurant ''

'') and No. 19 ( Joinville Peristyle and

Galerie de Montpensier The Galerie de Montpensier is a gallery in the Palais-Royal in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France. Description The Galerie de Montpensier is one of the galleries with arcades located inside the Palais-Royal. It runs along the western side o ...

). File:F0756 Paris Ier rue de Beaujolais n20 rwk.jpg, No. 20: restaurant façade with ''putti''.

References

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Location

History

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