Rue des Archives

Rue des Archives

Shown within Paris
Length	900 m (3,000 ft)
Width	15 m (49 ft)
Arrondissement	3rd, 4th
Quarter	Marais
Coordinates	48°51′42″N 2°21′31″E / 48.86158°N 2.35867°E / 48.86158; 2.35867
From	50 Rue de Rivoli
To	51 Rue de Bretagne
Construction
Completion	1874
Denomination	13th century

The Rue des Archives is a street in The Marais at the border of 3rd and 4th arrondissements of Paris, France.^[1]

Location and access

The street is located in

Origin of the name

This street owes its name to the fact that it runs alongside the Archives Nationales (National Archives) of France.

History

The enclosure of Philippe Auguste initially cut off the street at No 54 before a gate, the Porte du Chaume, was created at the end of the 13th century.

The Rue du Chaume, Rue du Grand Chantier, and Rue des Enfants Rouges were opened at the end of the 13th century as the main road for the subdivision of the Ville-Neuve du Temple created by the order of the Templars and once formed the Rue Neuve-du-Temple.^[1]

On 23 May 1863, a decree declares the alignment of streets

In 1874, the Rue des Archives was created by the merger of:[4]

• the part of
  Rue du Chaume between the Rambuteau and Haudriettes
  streets;
• the
  Rue du Grand-Chantier, between the streets of Haudriettes and Pastourelle
  ;
• the
  Rue des Enfants-Rouges, between the streets Pastourelle and Portefoin
  ;
• the
  Rue Molay, between the streets Portefoin and Perrée
  .

In 1890, the street was extended between Rue Rambuteau and Rue de Rivoli by the absorption of:

• the
  Rue des Deux-Portes-Saint-Jean, between Rue de Rivoli and Rue de la Verrerie
  ;
• the
  Rue des Billettes, between Rue de la Verrerie and Rue Sainte-Croix-de-la-Bretonnerie
  ;
• the
  Rue de l'Homme-Armé, between Rue Sainte-Croix-de-la-Bretonnerie and Rue des Blancs-Manteaux
  ;
• the part of
  Rue du Chaume between Rue des Blancs-Manteaux and Rue Rambuteau
  .

In 2019, three sections of Rue des Archives were officially named (from north to south):^[citation needed]

• Fontaine des Haudriettes, Rue des Haudriettes
  ;
• Place Ovida-Delect (4th arrondissement): place located at the crossroads of Rue des Blancs-Manteaux
  ;
• Place Harvey-Milk, (4th arrondissement): crossroads of Rue des Archives and Rue de la Verrerie.

Buildings and structures

The plans decided in 1863 were not fully implemented and historical buildings have therefore been preserved:^[1] th

• Nos 22 to 26: eastern part of
  Rue des Billettes with mainly the Church of Les Billettes, with the oldest medieval cloister still existing in its original form in Paris. On this part, the constructions of only the odd side were destroyed and replaced by aligned Haussmannian
  buildings while the opposite bank has retained its old irregular layout.

• 
  Nos 22–26: Church of Les Billettes
• 
  Nos 22–26: cloister of the Church of Les Billettes,
• 
  Nos 22–26: one of the entrances to the cloister

• No 34: Building whose 1st and 2nd floors were occupied from 1965 to 1980 by a specialized school for hearing impaired people: Le Collège et Lycée Privés Morvan (Le Cours Morvan) now at No 68 Rue de la Chaussée d'Antin, 75009 Paris.
• No 40: House known as “Jacques Coeur” because it was owned by one of his descendants, nursery school, Rue de l'Homme-Armé.
• No 45: Former convent of the Fathers of the Merci; there are two wall sundials inside the courtyard, only one visible from the street.

On the part along the former convent, the street has retained its original width.

• 
  Rue des Archives at No 45
• 
  Sundial

• No 53: a dummy
  transformer of Électricité de France
  (EDF).
• No 54: location of the old postern, called
  Philippe Auguste.^[5]

• 
  No 54: location of the old

  Porte du Chaume

• Northeast corner of the intersection of Rue des Archives and Rue des Francs-Bourgeois: remains of a fountain transformed into a viewing window during the reconstruction of the Hôtel de Soubise, then remodelled in 1959 after creating of a doorway.^[5] A plate indicates the sea level measured in the basin of the port of Marseille, as well as its difference with the zero level of Pont de la Tournelle.^[6]

• 
  Remains of the ancient fountain of Chaume

• No 58:
  Rue du Chaume
  .

• 
  Rue des Archives at the level of the Hôtel de Soubise
• 
  L'Hôtel de Soubise

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• No 60: Hôtel de Guénégaud or "Hôtel de l'Hermitage".
• No 62: Hôtel de Mongelas, Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature (Museum of Hunting and Nature).
• No 68: Hôtel de Refuge.
• No 70: Hôtel Montescot.
• No 72: Hôtel de Villeflix.
• No 74: Hôtel de Tallemant (or Chailloux de Jonville).
• No 76:
  Rue du Grand-Chantier
  .
• No 78:
  Rue des Enfants-Rouges
  .
• No 80: location of the
  Hôpital des Enfants-Rouges which became the barracks of the Enfants-Rouges
  in 1808.

• 
  Fontaine des Haudriettes
• 
  Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature

Further up the street, there are other interesting buildings, notably at Nos 79, 81, 85, and 90.^[7]

• 
  No 81
• 
  No 90

Literature

In the novel Ferragus: Chief of the Devorants, by Honoré de Balzac, the widow Gruget lives at No 12 in the "Rue des Enfants-Rouges". This is where Jules Desmarets listens to the conversation between his wife (Clémence Desmarets) and Ferragus XXIII.^[8]

References

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Bibliography

• Gady, Alexandre (2002). Le Marais: Guide historique et architectural. Paris: Éditions Le Passage. p. 368.
  ISBN 978-2847420050
  .

• Media related to Rue des Archives (Paris) at Wikimedia Commons