Rue Croix-des-Petits-Champs


The Rue Croix-des-Petits-Champs is a street in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France.

Name

The street was built on a land that consisted of gardens named petits champs. A cross was located next to a house in the street, near the Rue des Pélicans.

History

A part of this public road was opened during the reign of Philip Augustus.In 1685, as a part of the re-organisation of Place des Victoires, King Louis XIV requested the houses of the road to be aligned to open a perspective onto his bronze statue. The part of the street affected by this decision was named Rue d'Aubusson after François, Vicomte d'Aubusson, who at the time was building an hôtel particulier on Place des Victoires.Later, the name Rue Croix-des-Petits-Champs was used for the entire road.On Germinal 3, Year X, a ministerial decision signed by Jean-Antoine Chaptal set the minimum width of the street at 10 m. The minimum width was extended to 12 m by a royal order dated May 2, 1837.

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