Avenue Montaigne
 The Plaza Athénée hotel at 23–27, Avenue Montaigne | |
  Shown within Paris | |
| Length | 615 m (2,018 ft) |
|---|---|
| Width | 33 m (108 ft) |
| Arrondissement | 8th |
| Quarter | Champs-Élysées |
| Coordinates | 48°52′00″N 2°18′22″E / 48.86667°N 2.30611°E |
| From | 7, Place de l'Alma |
| To | 3, Rond-Point des Champs-Élysées |
| Construction | |
| Completion | Before 1672 |
| Denomination | 13 July 1850 |
Avenue Montaigne (French: [avəny mɔ̃tɛɲ]) is a street in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France.
Origin of the name
Avenue Montaigne was originally called the Allée des Veuves (widows' alley) because women in mourning gathered there, but the street has changed much since those days of the early 18th century. The present name comes from Michel de Montaigne, a writer of the French Renaissance. In the 19th century, the street earned some renown for its sparkling and colourful Bal Mabille (Mabille Gardens) on Saturday nights.
Fashion
Avenue Montaigne boasts numerous stores specialising in high fashion, such as
By the 1980s, the avenue Montaigne was considered to be la grande dame of French streets for high fashion and accessories, and is now considered more important than
In 2009, the Comité Montaigne presided over by Jean-Claude Cathalan[3] launched a website[4] with an interactive map.
Other uses
- The Canadian Embassy was previously located at 35, Avenue Montaigne.
- Actress Marlene Dietrich maintained an apartment at 12, Avenue Montaigne for many years; she died there in 1992.
- During her last years, Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary lived at 46, Avenue Montaigne.
Monument
At 15, Avenue Montaigne stands the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées.
History
Paris 1855
The pavilion for the arts display of the Exposition Universelle (1855) was on Avenue Montaigne.[5]
Paris 1913
In 1913, Avenue Montaigne got both the Theatre des Champs Elysees and the Plazza Athenee hotel which created its fame.[6]
Jewellery robberies
On 4 December 2008 the
References
- ^ "Avenue Montaigne fashion stores. Dior. Chanel. Louis Vuitton". 6 December 2019.
- ^ "7 Iconic Addresses on Avenue Montaigne, Paris". 8 December 2018.
- ^ Jean-Claude Cathalan : « Une démarche très systématique », in L'Anti-Crise, Jean-Pierre Thiollet and Marie-Françoise Guignard, Dunod, Paris, 1994, pp.26-28
- ^ "Le Guide de l'Avenue Montaigne". Archived from the original on 2021-02-28. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
- ^
Ratcliffe, Barrie M (2008), "Paris 1855", in Findling, John E; Pelle, Kimberley D (eds.), Encyclopedia of World's Fairs and Expositions, McFarland & Company, Inc, p. 23, ISBN 978-0-7864-3416-9
- ^ "Avenue Montaigne". Paris Digest. 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-08.