Rue de Rivoli

Coordinates: 48°51′24.90″N 2°21′13.22″E / 48.8569167°N 2.3536722°E / 48.8569167; 2.3536722
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Rue de Rivoli
place de la Concorde and 2 rue Saint-Florentin
Construction
CompletionMay 3, 1848
DenominationApril 25, 1804

Rue de Rivoli (French pronunciation:

Tuileries Gardens
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History

The Rue de Rivoli is an example of a transitional compromise between an environment of prestigious monuments and aristocratic squares, and the results of modern town-planning by municipal authorities.

Rue de Rivoli between the north wing of the Louvre Palace (left) and the Louvre Saint-Honoré building (right)
The same spot in 1900
Le Marais, in Paris' 4th arrondissement

The new street that Napoleon developed through the heart of Paris includes on one side the north wing of the

Tuileries Gardens. Upon completion, it was the first time that a wide, well designed and aesthetically pleasing street bound the north wing of the Louvre Palace. Napoleon's original section of the street opened up eastward from the Place de la Concorde. Builders on the north side of the Place Louis XV, (as it then was named) between the Rue de Mondovi and Rue Saint-Florentin, had been constrained by letters patent in 1757 and 1758 to follow a single façade plan. The result was a pleasing uniformity, and Napoleon's planners extended a similar program, which resulted in the arcades and facades that extend for almost a mile along the street.[citation needed
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The

Le Marais (see: Right Bank). Beneath the Rue de Rivoli runs one of the main brick-vaulted, oval-sectioned sewers of Paris' much-imitated system, with its sidewalks for the sewer workers.[citation needed
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In 1852, opposite the wing of the Louvre,

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North of the Rue de Rivoli, at the point where the

Grands Boulevards crossed an enormous new square, the new opera house was built. The Opera Garnier is a monument to the construction of the Second Empire. Just behind the opera house can be found the largest department stores, such as the Galeries Lafayette and Printemps.[citation needed
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East along the Rue de Rivoli, at the

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