Rue Beautreillis is a street in Le Marais, a historic area of the 4th arrondissement in central Paris, France.
Location
Rue Beautreillis lies almost parallel to the Rue Saint-Paul and the Rue du Petit-Musc; it begins at Rue des Lions-Saint-Paul and ends at Rue Saint-Antoine. It successively crosses 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.
Toponymy The street's name, attributed in 1555, is in memory of Hôtel de Beautreillis, which was built on the site of Hôtel Saint-Pol; it takes its name from the vines against the walls of the garden.
History The street is cited under the names of Rue Girard-Bocquet 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 to by absorption of Rue Gérard-Beauquet formerly the Rue du Pistolet.Jacques Hillairet, Historical dictionary of the streets of Paris, Éditions de Minuit, p. 168.
It was at a barricade parallel to Rue Beautreillis, on Rue Saint-Antoine, that General François de Négrier was killed in June 1848.
Notable buildings and events
Eugène Grangé (1810–1887) was born in the street on 16 December 1810 at the theatre there No. 4: Pierre Boulez (1925−2016), composer and conductor, lived there from 1945 to 1958 No. 6: remains of the Hôtel Raoul No. 7: house with wrought iron terrace (historic monument). No. 16: Victorien Sardou (1831–1908), dramatist, was born there on 5 September 1831 No. 17: Jim Morrison (1943–1971), lead singer of The Doors, died there in an apartment in the building, on 3 July 1971 No. 22: Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867), poet, lived there with Jeanne Duval (c. 1820–c. 1862), actress and dancer.
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External links
Rue Beautreillis blog by Gaspard Landau