The Marais (Le Marais ; "the marsh") is a historic district in

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. It spreads across parts of the 3rd and

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s on the

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, or Right Bank, of the

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. Having once been an aristocratic district, it is home to many buildings of historic and architectural importance. It lost its status as a fashionable district in the late 18th century, with only minor nobles calling the area home. After the French Revolution, the district fell into disrepair and was abandoned by nobility. After a long period of decay, the district has undergone transformation in recent years and is now once again amongst the more fashionable areas of Paris, known for its art galleries, upscale restaurants and museums.

History

Paris aristocratic district

In 1240, the

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built a fortified church just outside the walls of Paris, in the northern part of the Marais. Later on, The

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(also known as the Temple Quarter) had many religious institutions built nearby. These include: the

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s des Blancs-Manteaux, de Sainte-Croix-de-la-Bretonnerie and des Carmes-Billettes, as well as the church of . During the mid-13th century,

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, King of Naples and Sicily, and brother of King

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built his residence near the current n°7 rue de Sévigné. In 1361, King

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built a mansion known as the

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, in which the

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settled during his reign (as well as his son's). From that time to the 17th century and especially after the Royal Square (''Place Royale'', current ''

place des Vosges The Place des Vosges (), originally the Place Royale, is the oldest planned square in Paris, France. It is located in the Marais district, and it straddles the dividing-line between the 3rd and 4th arrondissements of Paris. It is the oldest ...

'') was designed under King

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in 1605, the Marais was the favoured place of residence of the French nobility. Among the many urban mansions— hôtels particuliers, in French—they built there were the

Hôtel de Sens The Hôtel de Sens () or Hôtel des archevêques de Sens is a 16th-century ''hôtel particulier'', or private mansion, in the Marais, in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. It nowadays houses the Bibliothèque Forney, Forney art library. His ...

, the

Hôtel de Sully The Hôtel de Sully () is a Louis XIII style ''hôtel particulier'', or private mansion, located at 62 rue Saint-Antoine in the Marais, IV arrondissement, Paris, France. Built at the beginning of the 17th century, it is nowadays the seat of the ...

, the

Hôtel de Beauvais The Hôtel de Beauvais () is a hôtel particulier, a kind of large townhouse of France, at 68 rue Francois-Miron, 4th arrondissement, Paris. Until 1865 rue Francois-Miron formed part of the historic rue Saint Antoine and as such was part of the c ...

, the Hôtel Carnavalet, the Hôtel de Guénégaud and the

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. During the late 18th century, the district was no longer considered the most fashionable district by the nobility, yet it still kept its reputation of being an aristocratic area. By that time, only minor nobles and a few higher ranking nobles, such as the Prince de Soubise, lived there. The

Place des Vosges The Place des Vosges (), originally the Place Royale, is the oldest planned square in Paris, France. It is located in the Marais district, and it straddles the dividing-line between the 3rd and 4th arrondissements of Paris. It is the oldest ...

remained a place for nobles to meet. The district fell into disrepair after the French Revolution and was then abandoned by the nobility completely. It was to remain unfashionable until the late 20th century.

Jewish community

After the French Revolution, the district was no longer the aristocratic district it had been during the 17th and 18th centuries. Because of this, the district became a popular and active commercial area, hosting one of Paris' main Jewish communities. At the end of the 19th century and during the first half of the 20th, the district around the

rue des Rosiers The Rue des Rosiers (), which means "street of the rosebushes," is a street in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. It begins at the Rue Malher and proceeds northwest across the Rue Pavée, Rue Ferdinand Duval, Rue des Écouffes, and Rue d ...

, referred to as the " Pletzl", welcomed many Eastern European Jews (

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) who reinforced the district's clothing specialization. During World War II the Jewish community was targeted by the

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who were occupying France. As of today, the rue des Rosiers remains a major center of the Paris Jewish community, which has made a comeback since the 1990s. Public notices announce Jewish events, bookshops specialize in Jewish books, and numerous restaurants and other outlets sell

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food. The

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on 10 rue Pavée is adjacent to the rue des Rosiers. It was designed in 1913 by Art Nouveau architect

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, who designed many

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stations. The Marais houses the Museum of Jewish Art and History, the largest French museum of Jewish art and history. The museum conveys the extensive history and culture of Jews in Europe and North Africa from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. Cnaan Lipshiz of ''

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'' wrote that in previous eras the district was "the beating heart of French Jewry". In 1982, Palestinian extremists murdered six people and injured 22 at a Jewish restaurant in the Marais, Chez Jo Goldenberg, an attack which evidenced ties to the

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. By 2019 much Jewish business activity left The Marais, and it had fewer Jewish residents.

Post-war rehabilitation

By the 1950s, the district had become a working-class area and most of its architectural masterpieces were in a state of neglect. In 1964, General de Gaulle's Culture Minister, Andre Malraux, made the Marais the first ''secteur sauvegardé'' (literally translated as ''safeguarded sector''). That was meant to protect and conserve places deemed to be of special cultural significance. In the following decades, the government and the city led an active restoration and

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. The main hôtels particuliers have since been restored and turned into museums: the Hôtel Salé hosts the Picasso Museum, the Hôtel Carnavalet the Paris Historical Museum, the Hôtel Donon the Cognacq-Jay Museum, and the

Hôtel de Saint-Aignan The Hôtel de Saint-Aignan (), originally the Hôtel d'Avaux (), is a 17th-century ''hôtel particulier'', located at 71 Rue de Temple, in the 3rd arrondissement and the Marais district of Paris. It was constructed 1644–1650 to the designs of ...

hosts the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme. The site of Beaubourg, the western part of Marais, was chosen for the

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, France's national Museum of Modern Art, which is widely considered one of the world's most important cultural institutions. The building was completed in 1977 with advanced modern architectural features by

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and

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Present day

The Marais is now one of Paris' most frequented localities for art galleries. Following its restoration, the Marais has now become a popular and culture-defining district, home to many upscale restaurants, museums, fashion houses, and galleries. The Marais is also known for its Chinese community, which first formed during

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. At that time, France needed workers on the home front to perform the duties previously filled by men who were now soldiers on the front lines. China sent a few thousand of its citizens, on the condition that they would not actually take part in the war. Following the 1918 Allied victory, some of them stayed in Paris, living around the current rue au Maire. Today, most work in jewellery and leather-related products. The Marais' Chinese community has mainly settled in the north of the district, particularly in the vicinity of

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. Next to it, on the Rue du Temple, is the Chinese Church of Paris. Other features of the neighborhood include the

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, the house of

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, the

Musée Cognacq-Jay The Musée Cognacq-Jay () is a museum located in the Hôtel Donon in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris. The museum's collection was formed between 1900 and 1925 by Théodore-Ernest Cognacq and his wife Marie-Louise Jaÿ, founders of La Samarit ...

, and the

Musée Carnavalet The Musée Carnavalet () in Paris is dedicated to the History of Paris, history of the city. The museum occupies two neighboring mansions: the Hôtel Carnavalet and the former Hôtel Le Peletier de Saint Fargeau. On the advice of Baron Haussmann, ...

LGBT culture

The Marais became a center of

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culture, beginning in the 1980s. Florence Tamagne, author of "Paris: 'Resting on its Laurels'?", wrote that the Marais "is less a 'village' where one lives and works than an entrance to a pleasure area" and that this differentiates it from Anglo-American

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.Tamagne, Florence (2014). "Paris: 'Resting on Its Laurels'?" (Chapter 12). In: Evans, Jennifer V. and Matt Cook. ''Queer Cities, Queer Cultures: Europe Since 1945'', pp. 240, 250, London: Bloomsbury Publishing, , 9781441148407, see pp
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accessed 15 November 2015. Tamagne added that like US gay villages, the Marais has "an emphasis on 'commercialism, gay pride and coming-out of the closet. ''Le Dépôt'', one of the largest cruising bars in Europe as of 2014 (per Tamagne), is in the Marais area. File:Le Marais 01.JPG, Gay village in the Marais, 2013 File:Le Marais 02.JPG, Gay village in the Marais, 2013

Notable residents

* Maximilien de Béthune, duc de Sully^† *

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^† *

Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (; 5 February 1626 – 17 April 1696), also widely known as Madame de Sévigné or Mme de Sévigné (), was a French aristocrat, remembered for her letter-writing. Most of her letters, celebrate ...

^† *

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^† *

Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet ({{IPA, fr, katʁin də vivɔn maʁkiz də ʁɑ̃bujɛ; 1588 – 2 December 1665), known as Madame de Rambouillet ({{IPA, fr, madam də ʁɑ̃bujɛ), was a society hostess and a major figure in the lite ...

^† *

Jacques Frémontier Jacques Frémontier (born surname Friedman; 8 May 1930 – 7 April 2020) was a French journalist and television producer. Biography Jacques Frémontier, born Friedman, was Jewish and came from an Ashkenazi Jewish family of merchants of which he ...

^† *

John Galliano John Charles Galliano (born 28 November 1960) is a British fashion designer. He was the creative director of his eponymous label John Galliano and French fashion houses Givenchy and Dior. From 2014 to 2024, Galliano was the creative director ...

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^† * Jack Lang *

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Jim Morrison James Douglas Morrison (December 8, 1943 – July 3, 1971) was an American singer, songwriter, and poet who was the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the rock band the Doors. Due to his charismatic persona, poetic lyrics, distinctive vo ...

^† *

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^† * Princes of Rohan Soubise *

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and

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Places and monuments of note

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, including the

and Hôtel de Rohan * Carnavalet Museum * Church

Notre-Dame-des-Blancs-Manteaux Notre-Dame des Blancs-Manteaux is a Roman Catholic parish church at 12 Rue des Blancs-Manteaux in Le Marais, in the 4th arrondissement of Paris. It takes its name from the "Les Blancs-Manteaux" ("white mantles"), for the cloaks worn by the mendican ...

* Church of

St-Gervais-et-St-Protais Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais () is a Roman Catholic parish church located in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, on Place Saint-Gervais in the Marais district, east of City Hall (Hôtel de Ville). The current church was built between 1494 and 1657, ...

* Church

Saint-Merri The Church of Saint-Merri or ''Église Saint-Merry'') is a parish church in Paris, located near the Centre Pompidou along the rue Saint Martin, in the 4th arrondissement on the Rive Droite (Right Bank). It is dedicated to the 7th century abbot o ...

* Church of Saint-Nicolas-des-Champs * Church of

Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis The Église Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis () is a church on rue Saint-Antoine in the Marais quarter of Paris. The present building was constructed from 1627 to 1641 by the Jesuit architects Étienne and François Derand, on the orders of Louis XIII ...

* Hôtel d'Angoulême Lamoignon (housing the

Bibliothèque Historique de la Ville de Paris The , commonly abbreviated with the acronym BHVP, is a public library specializing in the history of the city of Paris, France. Formerly in the Hôtel Saint-Fargeau (now part of the Musée Carnavalet), when it was also known as the Bibliothèq ...

and the

Hôtel-Lamoignon - Mark Ashton Garden The Hôtel-Lamoignon – Mark-Ashton Garden (), is a green space located in the 4th arrondissement of Paris next to the . Location The garden is located at the address 25 rue des Francs-Bourgeois, next to the Hôtel de Lamoignon, which hous ...

. *

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, including the home of

and Café

Ma Bourgogne Ma Bourgogne () is a bistro in Place des Vosges in the Le Marais district of Paris. It is on the North-West point and is a café in the traditional French style. It has been around for many years and it has been spoken of as one of the best bistro ...

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in the Hôtel de Camtobre (1706) *

Mémorial de la Shoah Mémorial de la Shoah is the The Holocaust, Holocaust museum in Paris, France. The memorial is in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, in the Le Marais, Marais district, which had a large Jewish population at the beginning of World War II. The memor ...

, including the Memorial of the Unknown Jewish Martyr and the

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* Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme (housed in the Hôtel de Saint-Aignan) *

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* Place des Émeutes-de-Stonewall (Stonewall riots square) * Place Harvey Milk * Pletzl, the historic Jewish quarter * Rosiers – Joseph Migneret Garden *

Temple du Marais The Temple du Marais, sometimes known as the Temple Sainte-Marie, or historically, as the Church of Sainte Marie de la Visitation, is a Protestant church located in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, in the district of Le Marais at 17 Rue Saint-Anto ...

Gallery

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; site of the

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File:Chez Marianne (Le Marais Paris) 01.jpg, Chez Marianne, a Jewish restaurant in Le Marais File:Pletzl rue Caron Restaurant Yiddish Pitchi poi.jpg, Restaurant Pitchi Poï in the predominantly Jewish Pletzl quarter File:Pletzl rue des Rosiers Boulangerie Juive.jpg, Murciano Jewish bakery in the rue des Rosiers File:Hotel-de-Sens-DSC 8075.jpg, Hôtel de Sens File:Hotel-Soubise-rue-des-Franc.jpg, Hôtel Soubise File:Maison-de-Jean-Herouet-54-r.jpg, Maison de Jean Herouet File:Hotel-d'Almeras-30-rue-des-.jpg, Entrance of l'Hôtel d'Almeras File:P1000705 Paris IV Eglise Saint-Gervais nef centrale reductwk.JPG, Interior of Saint-Gervais-et-Saint-Protais Church File:Église Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis, façade; et voiture Velib'.JPG, Saint-Paul Saint-Louis Church File:Musée Picasso Paris coté cour.jpg, Hôtel Salé (Picasso Museum) File:Paris-place-des-vosges.jpg, Place des Vosges File:Hôtel de Beauvais salle voûtée au sous-sol.jpg, Medieval cellar of the Hôtel de Beauvais File:Demeures médiévales - Paris (France).JPG, Medieval houses in rue Miron File:Salle de lecture vue d'ensemble.jpg, Reading room in the Bibliothèque Historique de la Ville de Paris (City of Paris History Library) File:Paris rue aubriot.jpg, View of rue Aubriot File:Temple Sainte-Marie rue Saint-Antoine 4.jpg, Temple du Marais, a Protestant church File:P1020669 Paris III Hôtel de Saint-Aignan Musée d'art et d'histoire du judaisme rwk.JPG, Courtyard of the Hotel de Saint-Aignan, which houses the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme

References

External links

Le Marais

() Article about the Marais as the gay neighbourhood of Paris

ParisMarais.com: the official guide, partner of the Paris Tourist Office

Le Marais photos

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My Gay Paris
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History

Paris aristocratic district

Jewish community

Post-war rehabilitation

Present day

LGBT culture

Notable residents

Places and monuments of note

Gallery

See also

References

Further reading

External links