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Street in Paris From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Rue des Petits-Champs is a street that runs through the 1st and 2nd arrondissement of Paris, France.
Former name(s) | Rue Bautru
Rue Neuve-des-Petits-Champs |
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Length | 450 m (1,480 ft) |
Width | 12 m (39 ft) |
Arrondissement | 1st, 2nd |
Quarter | Palais-Royal Gaillon Vivienne |
Coordinates | 48°52′01″N 2°20′10″E |
From | 1, rue de la Banque et rue La Vrillière |
To | 26, avenue de l'Opéra |
Construction | |
Completion | 1634 |
Denomination | 24 January 1881 |
This one-way street, running east–west, is located between the Rue de la Banque and the Avenue de l'Opéra.
It was officially created in 1634 by orders of the king during the construction of Palais-Cardinal. It was named the Rue Bautru, then the Rue Neuve-des-Petits-Champs. In 1881, it was given its present name. In 1944, the part of the Rue des Petits Champs that extends across Opera near the Place Vendôme was renamed the Rue Danielle Casanova after a French Resistance fighter who died in 1943.
The street received that name because of the small fields, or the large gardens, that used to be there (petits champs meaning "small fields" in French).[1] There is a record of a street, in the same location and under the same name in the vicus de Parvis Campis (1273).[2]
The Rue des Petits-Champs is lined by several impressive mansions:
Metro: Line 3 (Quatre Septembre), 1 & 7 (Palais-Royal-Musée du Louvre), 7 & 14 (Pyramides)
Bus: Lines 39 (Bus Sainte-Anne - Petits Champs), 68 21 27 95 (Pyramides)
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