Street in Paris
The Rue des Petits-Champs (French pronunciation: [ʁy de pəti ʃɑ̃]) is a street that runs through the 1st and 2nd arrondissement of Paris, France.
Location
This one-way street, running east–west, is located between the Rue de la Banque and the Avenue de l'Opéra.
History
It was officially created in 1634 by orders of the king during the construction of Palais-Cardinal. It was named the Rue Bautru, then the Rue Neuve-des-Petits-Champs. In 1881, it was given its present name. In 1944, the part of the Rue des Petits Champs that extends across Opera near the Place Vendôme was renamed the 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 (petits champs meaning "small fields" in French).[1] There is a record of a street, in the same location and under the same name in the vicus de Parvis Campis (1273).[2]
Buildings of note
The Rue des Petits-Champs is lined by several impressive mansions:
Closest transport
Metro: Line 3 (Quatre Septembre), 1 & 7 (Palais-Royal-Musée du Louvre), 7 & 14 (Pyramides)
Bus: Lines 39 (Bus Sainte-Anne - Petits Champs), 68 21 27 95 (Pyramides)
Trivia
References
External links
Media related to Rue des Petits-Champs (Paris) at Wikimedia Commons