Rue Beautreillis

Rue Beautreillis is a street in The Marais, a historic area of the 4th arrondissement in central Paris, France.[1]

Evening view of Rue Beautreillis
Rue Beautreillis
View of buildings in Rue Beautreillis
Shown within Paris
Length231 m (758 ft)
Width10 m (33 ft)
Arrondissement4th
QuarterLe Marais
Coordinates48.852641°N 2.363310°E / 48.852641; 2.363310
FromRue des Lions-Saint-Paul
ToRue Saint-Antoine
Construction
Completion1836
Inauguration1555

Location and access

Rue Beautreillis, almost parallel to the Rue Saint-Paul and Rue du Petit-Musc, begins at Rue des Lions-Saint-Paul and ends at Rue Saint-Antoine. It successively crosses the Rue Charles-V and Rue Neuve-Saint-Pierre. Like many streets in old Paris, its narrow width is uneven and its buildings include traces of its long history of houses, hotels, and buildings dating from different eras.

Origin of the name

The street's name, attributed in 1555, is in memory of the Hotel de Beautreillis, which was built on the site of the Hôtel Saint-Pol, and which takes its name from the vines against the walls of the garden.

History

The street is cited under the names of "rue Girard-Bocquet"[2] and “Rue de Beau-trillis” in a manuscript of 1636 where the records indicate that it is "found orderly, room and full of mud and filth".

By ministerial decision of 6 September 1836, the length of this road was increased from 188m to 231m by absorption of Rue Gérard-Beauquet (taken from the name of the owner of the Hotel de Beautreillis), formerly Rue du Pistolet.[3]

It was at a barricade parallel to Rue Beautreillis on Rue Saint-Antoine that General François de Négrier was killed during June 1848.

Notable buildings and events
No 17, where Jim Morrison died in 1971
  • Eugène Grangé (1810–1887) was born in the street on 16 December 1810 at the theatre here.
  • No 6: remains of the Hotel Raoul.
  • No 7: house with wrought iron terrace (historic monument).[4]
  • No 16: Victorien Sardou (1831–1908), dramatist, was born here on 5 September 1831.
  • No 17: Jim Morrison (1943–1971), lead singer of The Doors, died here in an apartment in the building, on 3 July 1971.[5]
  • No 22: Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867), poet, lived here with Jeanne Duval (c.1820–c.1862), actress and dancer.

Notes and references
  1. "Rue Beautreillis". parispropertygroup.com. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  2. This is the name given to the part of Rue Beautreillis that goes from Rue des Lions to Rue Charles-V, then Rue Neuve-Saint-Paul.
  3. Jacques Hillairet, Historical dictionary of the streets of Paris, Éditions de Minuit, p. 168.
  4. "Île-de-France; Paris (75); Paris 4e Arrondissement; 7 rue Beautreillis". POP: la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (in French). France: Ministry of Culture. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  5. Young, Michelle (January 7, 2014). "The Apartment in Paris Where Jim Morrison Died at 17 Rue Beautreillis". untappedcities.com. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
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