The Rue Beautreillis is a street in

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, a historic area of the 4th arrondissement in central

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, France.

Location and access

The Rue Beautreillis, almost parallel to the Rue Saint-Paul and the

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, begins at the Rue des Lions-Saint-Paul and ends at the Rue Saint-Antoine. It successively crosses the

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and the Rue Neuve-Saint-Pierre. 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 The Hôtel Saint-Pol () was a royal residence begun in 1360 by Charles V of France on the ruins of a building constructed by Louis IX. It was used by Charles V and Charles VI. Located on the Right Bank, to the northwest of the Quartier de l'Ar ...

, 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

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parallel to the Rue Beautreillis on the Rue Saint-Antoine that General

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was killed in June 1848.

Notable buildings and events

Eugène Grangé Eugène Grangé (16 December 1810 – 1 March 1887) was a French playwright, librettist, chansonnier and goguettier. Biography The son of Pierre-Joseph Basté and Louise-Thérèse Grangé, Pierre-Eugène Basté was born in rue Beautreillis in ...

(1810–1887) was born in the street on 16 December 1810 at the theatre there. * No. 4:

Pierre Boulez Pierre Louis Joseph Boulez (; 26 March 19255 January 2016) was a French composer, conductor and writer, and the founder of several musical institutions. He was one of the dominant figures of post-war contemporary classical music. Born in Montb ...

(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 Victorien Sardou ( , ; 5 September 1831 – 8 November 1908) was a French dramatist. He is best remembered today for his development, along with Eugène Scribe, of the well-made play. He also wrote several plays that were made into popular 19th-c ...

(1831–1908), dramatist, was born there on 5 September 1831. * No. 17:

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 ...

(1943–1971), lead singer of

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, died there in an apartment in the building, on 3 July 1971. * No. 22:

Charles Baudelaire Charles Pierre Baudelaire (, ; ; 9 April 1821 – 31 August 1867) was a French poet, essayist, translator and art critic. His poems are described as exhibiting mastery of rhythm and rhyme, containing an exoticism inherited from the Romantics ...

(1821–1867), poet, lived there with

Jeanne Duval Jeanne Duval (; -1870s) was a French-born actress and courtesan of French and Caribbean descent. She was a key muse and longtime, tumultuous partner of poet and art critic Charles Baudelaire, with whom she had an on-and-off-again relationship sp ...

(c. 1820–c. 1862), actress and dancer.

Notes and references

External links

Rue Beautreillis blog
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