Rue Croix-des-Petits-Champs

The Rue Croix-des-Petits-Champs is a street in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France.

Rue Croix-des-Petits-Champs
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Rue Croix-des-Petits-Champs is located in 1st arrondissement of Paris
Rue Croix-des-Petits-Champs
Rue Croix-des-Petits-Champs is located in Paris
Rue Croix-des-Petits-Champs
TypeStreet
Length373 m (1,224 ft)
Widthbetween 12 and 20 m
Arrondissement1st
QuarterHalles
Palais-Royal
Coordinates48°51′45″N 2°20′21″E / 48.862516°N 2.339305°E / 48.862516; 2.339305
From170-182, rue Saint-Honoré
To1 bis, place des Victoires
Construction
Construction startbefore the 14th century

Name

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The street was built on a land that consisted of gardens named petits champs ("small fields"). A cross (croix in French) was located next to a house in the street, near the Rue des Pélicans.[1]

History

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A part of this public road was opened during the reign of King Philip Augustus. In 1685, as a part of the re-organisation of the Place des Victoires, King Louis XIV requested the houses of the road to be aligned to open a perspective onto his bronze statue. The part of the street affected by this decision was named the Rue d'Aubusson after François, Vicomte d'Aubusson, who at the time was building an hôtel particulier on the Place des Victoires. Later, the name Rue Croix-des-Petits-Champs was used for the entire road. On Germinal 3, Year X (March 24, 1802), a ministerial decision signed by Jean-Antoine Chaptal set the minimum width of the street at 10 m. The minimum width was extended to 12 m by a royal order dated May 2, 1837.[citation needed]

Notable buildings

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  • In 1793, Doctor Guillotin resided at the Hôtel Gesvres on the Rue Croix-des-Petites-Champs.[1]
  • No. 43: Hôtel Portalis or Hôtel de Jaucourt, built in 1733 by master-mason Sébastien Charpentier and designed by architect Pierre Desmaisons [fr] for Countess Pierre de Jaucourt, née Marie-Josèphe de Graves. This house has a curious façade with a projecting turret on squinches above the streets at the corner of the Rue Croix-des-Petits-Champs and the Rue La Vrillière [fr].[2]

Famous inhabitants

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Lazare, Félix; Lazare, Louis. Dictionnaire administratif et historique des rues de Paris et de ses monuments (in French).
  2. ^ Gallet, Pierre (1995). Les Architectes parisiens du XVIIIe siècle. Dictionnaire biographique et critique (in French). Paris: Éditions Mengès. p. 183. ISBN 2-8562-0370-1.
  3. ^ Dulac, Henri (1820). Almanach des 25 000 Adresses des principaux habitans de Paris, pour l'année 1820 (in French). Vol. 1. Panckoucke. p. 25. Archived from the original on 2023-04-05. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  4. ^ Gabet, Charles (1831). Dictionnaire des artistes de l'école française au XIXe siècle (in French). Madame Vergne. p. 18.
  5. ^ Minutier central, étude 55 (passim) et IAD d'Henriette Landrin (October 30th, 1823). (in French)