The street was named for Virginia Oldoini, Countess de Castiglione (1837–1899), who achieved notoriety as a mistress of Emperor Napoleon III of France.

Windows on the curved mansard roofline of the last three floors at 9, rue de Castiglione, between rue de Rivoli and place Vendôme.

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