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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. The pillars of the Madeleine were, reportedly, "covered". [1] The street was the site of heavy fighting and damage during the Paris Commune in the spring of 1871.
The Hôtel de la Marine (French pronunciation: [otɛl d(ə) la maʁin]), also known (formerly) as the Hôtel du Garde-Meuble ([otɛl dy ɡaʁdəmœbl]), is an historic building on the Place de la Concorde in Paris, [1] just east of Rue Royale.
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
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]
Connaissance du Vieux Paris. Paris: Editions Payot and Rivage. ISBN 9-78222-8919-111-. Fierro, Alfred (1996). Histoire et dictionnaire de Paris. Robert Laffont. ISBN 2-221-07862-4. Jacquin, Emmanuel, Les Tuileries, Du Louvre à la Concorde, Editions du Patrimoine, Centres des Monuments
Rue Royale as seen from the Église de la Madeleine, Paris. Date: 12 July 2014, 07:07: Source: ... File:Place de la Madeleine and Rue Royale, Paris 12 July 2014.jpg.
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.
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