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Rue Beautreillis

The Rue Beautreillis is a street in Le Marais, a historic area of the 4th arrondissement in central Paris, France.

Location and access

The Rue Beautreillis, almost parallel to the and the , begins at the and ends at the Rue Saint-Antoine. It successively crosses the and the . Like many streets in old Paris, its narrow width is uneven and its buildings include traces of its long history of houses, hotels, and buildings dating from different eras.

Origin of the name

The street's name, attributed in 1555, is in memory of the Hôtel de Beautreillis, which was built on the site of the Hôtel Saint-Pol, and which takes its name from the vines against the walls of the garden.

History

The street is cited under the names of Rue Girard-Bocquet and Rue de Beau-trillis in a manuscript of 1636 where the records indicate that it is "found orderly, room and full of mud and filth".

By ministerial decision of 6 September 1836, the length of this road was increased from 188 m to 231 m by absorption of the Rue Gérard-Beauquet (taken from the name of the owner of the Hôtel de Beautreillis), formerly the Rue du Pistolet.

It was at a barricade parallel to the Rue Beautreillis on the Rue Saint-Antoine that General François de Négrier was killed in June 1848.

Notable buildings and events

  • Eugène Grangé (1810–1887) was born in the street on 16 December 1810 at the theatre there.
  • No. 4: Pierre Boulez (1925−2016), composer and conductor, lived there from 1945 to 1958.
  • No. 6: remains of the Hôtel Raoul.
  • No. 7: house with wrought iron terrace (historic monument).
  • No. 16: Victorien Sardou (1831–1908), dramatist, was born there on 5 September 1831.
  • No. 17: Jim Morrison (1943–1971), lead singer of The Doors, died there in an apartment in the building, on 3 July 1971.
  • No. 22: Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867), poet, lived there with Jeanne Duval (c. 1820–c. 1862), actress and dancer.

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