The Rue de Caumartin in the

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received its name from Antoine-Louis Lefebvre de Caumartin, marquis de Saint-Ange, Comte de Moret (1725-1803), who was prévôt des marchands (1778-1784). He gave the authorization to open the street on 3 July 1779. Opened in 1780, the street extended from the rue Basse-du-Rempart located at the foot of the rampart (now Boulevard des Capucines) to rue Neuve-des-Mathurins through land acquired from the priests mathurins by Charles-Marin Delahaye, general-farmer. Further on the north, was the small street Thiroux opened in 1773 by President Thiroux of Arconvillé. And the small rue Sainte-Croix opened further on the north in 1780 through marshes and fields. The Rue de Caumartin absorbed them on 5 May 1849. The French architect Aubert built 28 mansions in the area, including the n°1 and n°2, on each side of the street at the beginning and the junction with the Boulevard des Capucines. They were decorated with figures in half relief, small amours, medallions, and various ornaments. Both included an outside rotunda on the street.

Notable places

* At n°1: Mansion Marin-Delahaye. Its roof bore a

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with shrubs, ponds, rocks, waterfalls and statues. And columns and pyramids to hide chimneys. Mirabeau lived here in 1789. * At n°2: Mansion d'Aumont, where lived from 1785 the maréchal d'Aumont, duke and pair de France, who joined the French revolution and was rewarded by commanding the Garde Nationale. * At n°8:

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Also lived here for a time, until 1816. * At n°24: Former location of Le Grand Teddy cafe (closed in 1922), original location of The Grand Teddy tea-rooms paintings by

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. * At n°25: Theater Comédie-Caumartin. * At n°26: Building where was installed the head office of the French ''Canal of Panama Company'' when it failed. * At n°63: Église Saint-Louis d'Antin. * At n°65: Annex entrance of the

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. * At n°66: One time residence of

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, theatre actor and

Marcel Petiot Marcel André Henri Félix Petiot (17 January 1897 – 25 May 1946) was a French medical doctor and serial killer. He was convicted of multiple murders after the discovery of the remains of 23 people in the basement of his home in Paris during W ...

, war-time serial killer. * At n°69: Entrance of the

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