Rue des Petits-Champs


Rue des Petits-Champs is a street which runs through the 1st and 2nd arrondissement of Paris, France.

Location

This one-way street, running east-west, is located between rue de la Banque and Avenue de l'Opera.

History

It was officially created in 1634 by orders of the king during the construction of Palais-Cardinal, it was named "rue Bautru" then "rue Neuve-des-Petits-Champs", In 1881 it was given its present name. In 1944, the part of rue des Petits Champs which extends across Opera near the Place Vendome was renamed rue Danielle Casanova after a French Resistance fighter who died in 1943.

Name origin

The street received that name because of the small fields, or the large gardens. that used to be there. There is a record of a street, in the same location and under the same name in the vicus de Parvis Campis.

Buildings of note

Rue des Petits-Champs is lined by several impressive mansions:
Metro: Line 3, 1 & 7, 7 & 14
Bus: Lines 39, 68 21 27 95

Trivia