Rue de la Paix, Paris

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

Genesis

It was built according to a decree of 19 February 1806 after the demolition of Rue Napoléon located here in house number 1 Capuchin monastery ( " Convent des Capucines "). Napoleon Bonaparte planned with the first Rue Napoléon hot end street the most beautiful street of Paris. The torn-off already for the design of the nearby Place Vendôme there Capuchin monastery was moved here on July 26, 1686 but had to again for the construction of the road will be demolished. The nuns had to leave the monastery already on June 14, 1790, the Capuchin church was abandoned on March 29, 1804. After the construction of the road, progress was swift. On February 16, 1814 a crowd of people wanted to prevent the Victory Column was demolished on the Place Vendôme, and ran screaming through the Rue Napoléon with the cry " Vive la Colonne " ( Long live the column ). The Rue de la Paix was given its present name in relation to the closed in Paris on May 30, 1814 the first Peace of Paris ( paix ).

Luxury shops

On this road could be, even before this started on the Place Vendôme, jewelers and fashion designers down. The oldest is the jeweler Jean -François Mellerio (founded in 1815) at No. 9, followed by the fashion house Jacques Doucet (1824, 2), the court jeweler Jean -Benoit Martial Bernard ( 1826, 1 ), the cutlery Rather plate Christophle (1830; 24 ), the perfumer Pierre -François- Pascal Guerlain (1842, 15), jeweler Eugène Jacta (1848, 17) or couturier Charles Frederick Worth (1857, 7). Alfred Cartier has moved only in November 1899 his headquarters in the house 13. Reason was the target Cartier to satisfy the claims of the extremely wealthy clientele. Only when Baron Haussmann designed from 1853 new, arterial boulevards, became the rue de la Paix strategic importance. Also, at least four hotels settled here, but the lost opening of the Hôtel Ritz in June 1898 on the nearby Place Vendôme in importance. For a German encyclopedia from 1840 rue de la Paix was next to the rue de Rivoli and rue de Castiglione of the most beautiful streets of Paris. Guerlain perfume brand named 1909 after the road. On June 2, 1919 Louis Cartier opened its first jewelery exhibition in his shop.

Location and meaning

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

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