Rue de la Paix

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Rue de la Paix towards Place Vendôme

Rue de la Paix ( Street of Peace ) is a street in the 1st and 2nd arrondissement of Paris .

History of origin

It was built in accordance with a decree of February 19, 1806 as Rue Napoléon after the demolition of the Capuchin convent ( Couvent des Capucines ) located here at number 1 . Napoleon Bonaparte planned the most beautiful street in Paris, initially called Rue Napoléon . The Capuchin convent, which had already been demolished there for the design of the nearby Place Vendôme , was moved here on July 26, 1686, but had to be demolished again for the construction of the street. The nuns had already left the monastery on June 14, 1790, and the Capuchin Church was given up on March 29, 1804. After that, the construction of the road proceeded rapidly. On February 16, 1814, a crowd wanted to prevent the Victory Column on the Place Vendôme from being torn down and ran through the Rue Napoléon screaming with the exclamation “Vive la Colonne!” ( Long live the column ). The Rue de la Paix got its current name in view of the first Paris Peace ( paix ) concluded in Paris on May 30, 1814 .

Luxury stores

Jewelers and fashion designers set up shop on this street even before this began in Place Vendôme . The oldest is the jeweler Jean-François Mellerio (founded 1815) in house number 9. It was followed by the fashion house Jacques Doucet (1824; 2), the court jeweler Jean-Benoit Martial Bernard (1826, 1), and the perfumer Pierre-François-Pascal Guerlain (1842, 15), jeweler Eugène Jacta (1848, 17) or fashion designer Charles Frederick Worth (1857; 7). Alfred Cartier only moved into his headquarters in House 13 in November 1899. The reason was Cartier's goal to satisfy the demands of the extraordinarily wealthy clientele. It was only when Baron Haussmann designed new arterial boulevards from 1853 that the Rue de la Paix acquired strategic importance. At least four hotels also settled here, but they lost their importance with the opening of the Hôtel Ritz in June 1898 on the nearby Place Vendôme . For a German conversation lexicon from 1840, the Rue de la Paix was one of the most beautiful streets in Paris, alongside the Rue de Rivoli and the Rue de Castiglione . In 1909, Guerlain named a perfume brand after the street. On June 2, 1919, Louis Cartier opened a jewelry exhibition in his shop for the first time.

Location and importance

The 230 m long and 22.5 m wide Rue de la Paix creates the connection between the Place de l'Opera and Place Vendôme . Beyond the Place Vendôme is the southern extension of the Rue de la Paix, the 155 m long Rue de Castiglione , which opened on October 9, 1801 and leads to the Rue Saint-Honoré and then to the Rue de Rivoli , which are also known as luxurious shopping streets. Its northern extension is the Boulevard des Capucines , one of the Grands Boulevards . The Café de la Paix, which opened on May 5, 1862, is not on the Rue de la Paix , but has the Place de l'Opera as its address . In the French game of Monopoly , it is the most expensive street in Paris.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Thomas Richard Underwood, A Narrative of Memorable Events in Paris , 1828, p. 28.
  2. ^ Cathrin Rummel, Pariser Walks , 2008, p. 272.
  3. ↑ a b Hans Nadelhoffer, Cartier , 2007, p. 23.
  4. ↑ Hans Hoffer needle, Cartier , 2007, p. 25
  5. ↑ General German Conversations Lexicon , Volume 8, 1840, p. 74.
  6. ↑ Hans Nadelhoffer, Cartier , 2007, p. 29.
  7. ↑ Hans Nadelhoffer, Cartier , 2007, p. 146.

Coordinates: 48 ° 52 ′ 8.9 "  N , 2 ° 19 ′ 52.1"  E