Rue Beautreillis Explained

The Rue Beautreillis is a street in Le Marais, a historic area of the 4th arrondissement in central Paris, France.^[1]

Location and access

The Rue Beautreillis, almost parallel to the Rue Saint-Paul and the Rue du Petit-Musc, begins at the Rue des Lions-Saint-Paul and ends at the Rue Saint-Antoine. It successively crosses the Rue Charles-V 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, 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^[2] 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.^[3]

It was at a barricade parallel to the Rue Beautreillis on the Rue Saint-Antoine that General François de Négrier was killed in June 1848.

Notable buildings and events

• Eugène Grangé (1810–1887) was born in the street on 16 December 1810 at the theatre there.
• No. 6: remains of the Hôtel Raoul.
• No. 7: house with wrought iron terrace (historic monument).^[4]
• No. 16: Victorien Sardou (1831–1908), dramatist, was born there on 5 September 1831.
• No. 17: Jim Morrison (1943–1971), lead singer of The Doors, died there in an apartment in the building, on 3 July 1971.^[5]
• No. 22: Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867), poet, lived there with Jeanne Duval (c. 1820–c. 1862), actress and dancer.

External links

• Rue Beautreillis blog by Gaspard Landau

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rue Beautreillis . parispropertygroup.com . 8 October 2020 .
2. This is the name given to the part of the Rue Beautreillis that goes from the Rue des Lions to the Rue Charles-V, then the Rue Neuve-Saint-Paul.
3. [Jacques Hillairet]
4. Web site: Île-de-France; Paris (75); Paris 4e Arrondissement; 7 rue Beautreillis . POP: la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine . . France . fr . 8 October 2020.
5. Web site: The Apartment in Paris Where Jim Morrison Died at 17 Rue Beautreillis . January 7, 2014 . Michelle . Young . untappedcities.com . 8 October 2020 .