Rue Des Lombards

The Rue des Lombards () is a

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Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

, France, which is famous for hosting three of the main French jazz clubs:

Le Baiser Salé Le Baiser Salé (French language, French for "The Salty Kiss") is a jazz club in Paris, at 58, rue des Lombards, that opened in 1983. It was founded by the Gibson brothers. Musicians such as, Richard Bona, Angélique Kidjo, Monica Passos, Ultra ...

, Le Duc des Lombards and the

Sunset/Sunside The Sunset/Sunside is one of the main jazz clubs in Paris, France. It was founded in 1983 and is the first jazz club to settle in the rue des Lombards which hosts several other famous jazz clubs such as Le Baiser Salé and Le Duc des Lombards ...

. It was originally a banking center in medieval Paris, a trade dominated by Lombard merchants, name given from the 12th century onwards to Italian merchants and bankers. It was also shown on ''

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'' episode " To Courier with Love".

Lombards The Lombards () or Longobards () were a Germanic peoples, Germanic people who conquered most of the Italian Peninsula between 568 and 774. The medieval Lombard historian Paul the Deacon wrote in the ''History of the Lombards'' (written betwee ...

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