Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré
| Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré | |
|---|---|
| location | |
| Arrondissement | 8th. |
| quarter | Madeleine Faubourg-du-Roule |
| Beginning | 15-19, Rue Royale |
| The End | 46, Avenue de Wagram and 2, Place des Ternes |
| morphology | |
| length | 2070 m |
| width | from Rue Royale to Rue La Boétie 14.50 m, then 13.80 m |
| history | |
| designation | Ministerial decree of December 10, 1847 |
| Original names | Chaussée du Roule Rue du Bas-Roule Rue du Haut-Roule Rue du Faubourg-du-Roule |
| Coding | |
| Paris | 3542 |
The Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré ( ry dy fobuʁ sɛ ɔnɔ'ʁe ) is a 2,070-meter-long street and is centrally located in the 8th arrondissement of Paris . It is considered one of the world's most important shopping streets in the upscale luxury goods segment .
location
The Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré is the western extension of the largely no less exclusive Rue Saint-Honoré and forms an east-west traversal between Rue Royale (No. 15/19) and Place de Ternes (No. 2), not far from Place Charles-de-Gaulle .
The street can be reached by the following means of transport:
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Metro via the Saint-Philippe du Roule station
- Bus of RATP 52, 83, 93; Saint-Philippe du Roule stop
Name origin
The street was named after St. Honorius of Amiens . The word Faubourg describes a suburb in French ( Latin foris burgem , "outside the city"). It originally crossed the hamlet of the same name and flowed into rue Saint-Honoré .
history
It was first mentioned as a path in 1222, making it one of the oldest streets in Paris. Since 1635 it was called Chaussée du Roule , around 1725 it was named Rue du Faubourg-du-Roule . Until 1860 this part of the street belonged to the suburb of Faubourg Saint-Honoré , from 1860 the street came into the city limits of Paris. It was given its current name on December 10, 1847. It crosses the Boulevard Haussmann , the Rue de Courcelles , the Rue de Castiglione leading to the Place Vendôme and the Rue Royale . The Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré and its immediate vicinity have always been the home of the Parisian upper class, such as the Rothschild family . For example, Nathaniel de Rothschild bought the house at 33 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré , the former Russian embassy, in 1856 . Even Coco Chanel , then already a wealthy businesswoman, in 1923 moved into a townhouse in the no. 29th
Notoriety
Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré is known today for two reasons: On the one hand, numerous world-leading luxury brands in the fashion and accessories world have settled here; many internationally significant haute couture fashion houses are represented here. On the other hand, the French President , the French Interior Ministry and some foreign embassies and ambassador residences reside here . In addition, numerous galleries such as the Bernheim-Jeune gallery (No. 83) shape the street scene.
Leading brand names
At the beginning of Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré you can find Gucci in house number 2, followed by Paul Smith and Dolce & Gabbana (3), Prada (6), Moncler (7), Berluti (9), Loro Piana , among others (12), Bottega Veneta (14–16), Lanvin (15 women, 22 men), Cartier (17), Tod’s (19) and Chanel (21). Hermès was founded in 1837 as a saddlery near the Madeleine Church and moved here in 1880 (24). This is followed by Porsche Design (25), Valentino (27), Yves Saint Laurent (32 men, 38 women), Hotel Castiglione (38–40), Salvatore Ferragamo (46) and Ermenegildo Zegna (50). The Edmond de Rothschild banking house has a branch at number 47 and is reminiscent of the large estates of the famous family on this street. After the Èlysée Palace at number 55, the former Hotel Gustave de Rothschild follows in 59/61 , today the seat of Pierre Cardin , who was represented in the street several times from 1966. Brunello Cucinelli , Comme des Garçons and Moschino all have their offices at No. 54, Burberry at 56, Bally at 60. Since April 2015, the Opera Gallery , a museum , has been located at No. 62 . Etro (66) is a neighbor of Christian Louboutin (68). This is followed by Sonia Rykiel (70) and Chopard (72) , among others . The auction house Sotheby’s came to Paris in 1976 (76), Miu Miu is at number 92. The Ministry of the Interior has an entrance at number 96; the actual address is on Place Beauvau around the corner. Since 2016 there is again a Loris Azzaro boutique at No. 65 , where the same was already located from 1970 to 2001. Until 2010 a Christian Lacroix shop was housed in 73 . Hotel Le Bristol was built in 1758 as Hotel de Damas in 112; former President Nicolas Sarkozy often dined here. From the higher house numbers, the shops become a little less exclusive and mix with galleries, antique shops, hotels, restaurants, bakeries, real estate dealers, banks and pure residential buildings, among others. From the intersection with Rue La Boétie near the Saint-Philippe du Roule church (house number 154), built in 1772 , the street is cobblestone to the northwest . At no. 165 or 190 the street crosses the Boulevard Haussmann, which runs eastwards from there . The Espace Beaujon cultural center is at number 208, and a synagogue is at 218 . Beyond the junction with Avenue Hoche to the northwest, the street is mainly lined with restaurants and brasseries . The branch of La Maison de Chocolat (225) offers small works of art made of chocolate . At this height, just before the end of the street on Place de Ternes, is the Salle Pleyel concert hall (252).
The "Haute Coiffure" with renowned Parisian hairdressers is also represented here. In April 1945 they decided to open magnificent beauty salons on the street. L'Oréal is represented by the luxury brand Lancôme , founded in 1935 (29). Sothys Paris resides at number 128 . The concentrated settlement of these luxury brands makes the Rue Faubourg Saint-Honoré the most expensive Parisian shopping street.
Seat of the President
Just as 10 Downing Street is the well-known official residence of the British Prime Minister in London, " 55, Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré " has established itself as the famous address of the French President. He resides in the Elysée Palace built by Armand-Claude Mollet in 1718 . At first it served as a Hôtel particulier , later as a dance hall, then even as a luxury brothel until it was chosen as the official residence of the President in 1873. The official apartment of the President measures almost 200 square meters, while the Mayor of Paris has 1,800 square meters in the Paris City Hall . However, there are 365 rooms with an area of 11,179 m² on the site. The guards of the Garde républicaine stand in front of the presidential palace on Rue Faubourg Saint-Honoré .
Embassies and Residences
In the street are the residences of the Ambassador of the United States (No. 41, Hôtel de Pontalba ) and of the Ambassador of Canada (No. 135). The American and Canadian embassies are each approx. 400 meters and one kilometer away from the associated residences. The residence of the Ambassador of Japan has been at No. 31 since 1967; the Japanese embassy is about two kilometers away. The embassy of the United Kingdom is at number 35. Since 1814, the adjacent Hôtel de Charost at number 39 has been the residence of the British ambassador in Paris. This building, built after 1720, housed an aristocratic residence, the Portuguese embassy, offices of the French interior ministry, an imperial palace and the residence of the Austrian ambassador. The Colombian embassy with its entrance on rue de l'Élysée has premises at 49, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré around the corner.
Personalities
The writer Henry Monnier lived in house number 6. Jeanne Lanvin opened her haute couture shop in 1889 at number 22. The Paris residence of the princes from Monaco until Albert I (Monaco) was located at No. 25, who moved it to Avenue Georges-Mandel . The exclusive Parisian gentlemen's clubs Cercle de l'Union interalliée and Nouveau Cercle de l'Union are located in house no. 33, the Hôtel Perrinet de Jars . The art dealer Georges Wildenstein had his gallery Beaux-Arts in no who held a surrealist exhibition in 1938 . His father, Nathan Wildenstein, had already opened a gallery in house number 46 in 1890. The fashion designer Paul Poiret had his studio at number 107 . In 1802, the French Finance Minister Charles Alexandre de Calonne died in No. 113 . Charles Frederick Worth , the founder of Haute Couture, resided in No. 120. Joseph-Louis Lagrange and Alexandre Aguado lived in No. 133 . The no. 137 hosted by 2011 EuropaCorp by Luc Besson . The architect Jean-François Chalgrin built the church Saint-Philippe-du-Roule in house number 154 from 1772. At house numbers 139–141, the then Count von Artois had stables built by François-Joseph Bélanger , which were later used as barracks which in turn are now residential and commercial buildings. Henri Harpignies lived in house number 185. In 1922 Eileen Gray opened a gallery in number 217 . Gustave Eiffel , who lived in house no.240 from 1875 to 1880, built a house for artists at no.235 around 1850, where René Princeteau , Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux and Denys Puech set up their studios.
traffic
The Rue Faubourg Saint-Honoré is a pedestrian and motor transport high-traffic road. It is 2.07 km long, only between 13.80 and 14.50 meters wide and sometimes even has two lanes. The luxury shops located next to it have fixed opening times, but most of them offer individual shop openings for special customers, so that during this time the shop is closed to the rest of the public. Security measures in the vicinity of the presidential palace can lead to sudden partial closures of the street area.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The today no longer existing Église Saint-Honoré stood between the Rue Croix-des-Petits-Champs and the Rue des Bons-Enfants .
- ↑ Paris mon Village , 2008, p. 2 ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 7.4 MB)
- ↑ Basler Zeitung of January 27, 2011, H for Hermés or Handwerkskunst
- ↑ Die Zeit No. 34, August 14, 2008, The Sexual Republic
- ^ Kathleen Goodman, Paris by the Numbers , 2011
- ↑ Der Spiegel 2/1968 of January 8, 1968, Franc im Wasser , p. 58
- ↑ The time 10/1995, 55, Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré
Coordinates: 48 ° 52 ' N , 2 ° 19' E