The Rue des Archives is a street in
The Marais
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Location and access
The street is located in
Le Marais district of central Paris. It is served by the
metro stations
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''Hôtel de Ville'' and
''Rambuteau''.
Origin of the name
This street owes its name to the fact that it runs alongside the
Archives Nationales (National Archives) of France.
History
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The
enclosure of Philippe Auguste initially cut off the street at No 54 before a gate, the
Porte du Chaume, was created at the end of the 13th century.
The Rue du Chaume, Rue du Grand Chantier, and Rue des Enfants Rouges were opened at the end of the 13th century as the main road for the subdivision of the
Ville-Neuve du Temple created by the
order of the Templars
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and once formed the Rue Neuve-du-Temple.
On 23 May 1863, a decree declares the alignment of streets
Rue des Billettes,
Rue de l'Homme-Armé,
Rue du Chaume,
Rue du Grand-Chantier,
Rue des Enfants-Rouges
The Rue des Archives is a street in The Marais at the border of 3rd and 4th arrondissements of Paris, France.
Location and access
The street is located in Le Marais district of central Paris. It is served by the metro stations ''Hôtel de Vill ...
, and
Rue Molay
The Rue des Archives is a street in The Marais at the border of 3rd and 4th arrondissements of Paris, France.
Location and access
The street is located in Le Marais district of central Paris. It is served by the metro stations ''Hôtel de Vill ...
. These were designed to form a single axis crossing
Le Marais.
In 1874, the Rue des Archives was created by the merger of:
* the part of
Rue du Chaume between the
Rambuteau and
Haudriettes The Haudriettes were a religious congregation founded in Paris early in the fourteenth century by Jeanne, wife of Étienne Haudry, a private secretary of Louis IX, king of France.
During a prolonged absence of her husband on a pilgrimage to the tom ...
streets;
* the
Rue du Grand-Chantier, between the streets of Haudriettes and
Pastourelle
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;
* the
Rue des Enfants-Rouges
The Rue des Archives is a street in The Marais at the border of 3rd and 4th arrondissements of Paris, France.
Location and access
The street is located in Le Marais district of central Paris. It is served by the metro stations ''Hôtel de Vill ...
, between the streets Pastourelle and
Portefoin;
* the
Rue Molay
The Rue des Archives is a street in The Marais at the border of 3rd and 4th arrondissements of Paris, France.
Location and access
The street is located in Le Marais district of central Paris. It is served by the metro stations ''Hôtel de Vill ...
, between the streets Portefoin and
Perrée.
In 1890, the street was extended between Rue Rambuteau and
Rue de Rivoli by the absorption of:
* the
Rue des Deux-Portes-Saint-Jean
The Rue des Archives is a street in The Marais at the border of 3rd and 4th arrondissements of Paris, France.
Location and access
The street is located in Le Marais district of central Paris. It is served by the metro stations ''Hôtel de Vill ...
, between
Rue de Rivoli and
Rue de la Verrerie
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;
* the
Rue des Billettes, between
Rue de la Verrerie
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and
Rue Sainte-Croix-de-la-Bretonnerie;
* the
Rue de l'Homme-Armé, between
Rue Sainte-Croix-de-la-Bretonnerie and
Rue des Blancs-Manteaux;
* the part of
Rue du Chaume between
Rue des Blancs-Manteaux and
Rue Rambuteau
The Rue Rambuteau is a street in Paris, France, named after the Count de Rambuteau who started the widening of the road prior to Haussmann's renovation of Paris.
The philosopher Henri Lefebvre lived on the street and observed from his window the ...
.
Before 1910, the Rue des Archives ended at the
Rue Dupetit-Thouars
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. At that time, the name of
Rue Eugène-Spuller was given to the part of Rue des Archives between
Rue de Bretagne and Rue Dupetit-Thouars.
In 2019, three sections of Rue des Archives were officially named (from north to south):
*
Place Patrice-Chéreau (3rd arrondissement): place at the level of
Fontaine des Haudriettes,
Rue des Haudriettes
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;
*
Place Ovida-Delect (4th arrondissement): place located at the crossroads of
Rue des Blancs-Manteaux;
*
Place Harvey-Milk, (4th arrondissement): crossroads of Rue des Archives and
Rue de la Verrerie
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.
Buildings and structures
The plans decided in 1863 were not fully implemented and historical buildings have therefore been preserved:
* Nos 22 to 26: eastern part of
Rue des Billettes with mainly the cloister and church of Billettes. On this part, the constructions of only the odd side were destroyed and replaced by aligned
Haussmannian buildings while the opposite bank has retained its old irregular layout.
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P1370840 Paris IV cloitre des Billettes rwk.jpg,
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* No 34: Building whose 1st and 2nd floors were occupied from 1965 to 1980 by a specialized school for hearing impaired people: Le Collège et Lycée Privés Morvan (Le Cours Morvan) now at No 68 Rue de la Chaussée d'Antin, 75009 Paris.
* No 40: House known as “Jacques Coeur” because it was owned by one of his descendants, nursery school, Rue de l'Homme-Armé.
* No 45: Former convent of the Fathers of the Merci; there are two wall sundials inside the courtyard, only one visible from the street.
On the part along the former convent, the street has retained its original width.
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* No 53: a dummy
facade hides a
transformer
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of
Électricité de France
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(EDF).
* No 54: location of the old postern, called
Postern du Chaume, opened in 1288 in the enclosure of
Philippe Auguste
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.
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* Northeast corner of the intersection of Rue des Archives and Rue des Francs-Bourgeois: remains of a fountain transformed into a viewing window during the reconstruction of the
Hôtel de Soubise
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The Hôtel de Soubise was built for the Prince and Princess de Soubise on the sit ...
, then remodelled in 1959 after creating of a doorway.
A plate indicates the sea level measured in the basin of the port of
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, as well as its difference with the zero level of
Pont de la Tournelle
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The location of the is the site of successive structures.
The first, a wooden bridge, was built in 1620. This bridge connected the Eastern ba ...
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* No 58:
Hôtel de Soubise
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History
The Hôtel de Soubise was built for the Prince and Princess de Soubise on the sit ...
(housing the
Musée des Archives Nationales
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, part of the
Archives Nationales) and fountain of Haudriettes,
Rue du Chaume.
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* No 60:
Hôtel de Guénégaud or "Hôtel de l'Hermitage".
* No 62:
Hôtel de Mongelas,
Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature
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(Museum of Hunting and Nature).
* No 68: Hôtel de Refuge.
* No 70:
Hôtel Montescot.
* No 72:
Hôtel de Villeflix.
* No 74:
Hôtel de Tallemant (or Chailloux de Jonville).
* No 76:
Hôtel Le Pelletier de Souzy,
Rue du Grand-Chantier.
* No 78:
Hôtel de Tallard (or Amelot de Chaillou),
Rue des Enfants-Rouges
The Rue des Archives is a street in The Marais at the border of 3rd and 4th arrondissements of Paris, France.
Location and access
The street is located in Le Marais district of central Paris. It is served by the metro stations ''Hôtel de Vill ...
.
* No 80: location of the
Hôpital des Enfants-Rouges which became the barracks of the
Enfants-Rouges in 1808.
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File:P1000961 Paris III Rue des Archives Musée de la chasse reductwk.JPG,
Further up the street, there are other interesting buildings, notably at Nos 79, 81, 85, and 90.
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File:P1150510 Paris III rue des Archives n°90 rwk.jpg,
Literature
In the novel ''
Ferragus: Chief of the Devorants'', by
Honoré de Balzac, the widow Gruget lives at No 12 in the "Rue des Enfants-Rouges". This is where Jules Desmarets listens to the conversation between his wife (Clémence Desmarets) and Ferragus XXIII.
References
Bibliography
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External links
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1874 establishments in France
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Streets in the 4th arrondissement of Paris
Le Marais