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Rue Royale following Commune destruction. Photograph by Alphonse Liebert, 1871. Among the well-known addresses on this street is that of Maxim's restaurant, at no. 3. On 12 August 1843, the Rue Royale was the scene for a bizarre phenomenon, when tens of thousands of butterflies landed, causing chaos and swarming the shops and restaurants.
Maxim's was founded as a bistro in 1893 by Maxime Gaillard, formerly a waiter, at 3 Rue Royale in Paris. [1] The location had previously been an ice-cream parlor. [2] In 1899, it was given the decor it became known for, in preparation for the 1900 Paris Exposition. [2] Ceilings were done in stained-glass, and there are murals of nymphs. [3]
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The section between the now extinct Rue du Rempart and the Rue Royale was known successively as the Chemin de Clichy (1204), Grand chemin Saint-Honoré (1283), Chaussée Saint-Honoré (1370), Grand chemin de la Porte Saint-Honoré (1392), Chemin Royal (1393), Nouvelle rue Saint-Louis (1407), Grand rue Saint-Louis (1421), Rue Neuve-Saint-Louis ...
In 1993, Groupe Holder took over Ladurée. [7] The Holder family also owns the PAUL bakery chain in France. Following the takeover, the company began an expansion drive to turn Ladurée from the single rue Royale bakery into a chain, setting up pastry shops and tea rooms on the Champs-Élysées and in Le Printemps Haussmann in 1997, followed by Ladurée Bonaparte in 2002.
The site was on swampy land beside the river at the very edge of Paris, between the gates of the garden of the Tuileries Palace and the Champs Elysees. This construction took place well before the construction of the Rue de Rivoli , the rue Royale, or the bridge over the Seine at that location.
Rue Royale (French for "Royal Street") may refer to several streets: Rue Royale, Brussels, Belgium; Rue Royale, Lyon, France; Rue Royale, Paris, France; See also
The Place Dauphine (French pronunciation: [plas dofin]) is a public square located near the western end of the Île de la Cité in the first arrondissement of Paris.It was initiated by Henry IV in 1607, the second of his projects for public squares in Paris, the first being the Place Royale (now the Place des Vosges).