Rue Saint-Florentin, Paris
street in Paris, France
The Rue Saint-Florentin (French pronunciation: [ʁy sɛ̃ flɔʁɑ̃tɛ̃]; "St Florentin Street") is a thoroughfare in the 1st and 8th arrondissement of Paris. The street took its name from the Duc de la Vrillière, Louis Phélypeaux, comte de Saint-Florentin, minister and secretary of state, who had his private mansion built there. For several years, it housed the US Embassy in France, George C. Marshall and William Averell Harriman.
History
The Rue Saint-Florentin was originally a cul-de-sac named "cul-de-sac de l'Orangerie". In 1730, part of the land bordering it (corresponding to the odd numbers) belonged to King Louis XV and the other part (corresponding to the even numbers) to financier Samuel Bernard.
In 1758, when the Place de la Concorde was created, the impasse became the Rue de l'Orangerie. It was also known as the Petite rue des Tuileries.
It begins between 2, place de la Concorde and 258, rue de Rivoli. It ends at 271, rue Saint-Honoré, where it is extended by the Rue du Chevalier-de-Saint-George. The even-numbered side is in the 1st arrondissement, while the odd-numbered side is in the 8th arrondissement.
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