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Postcards of the Marais: rue François Miron, rue Charlemagne, rue du Prévôt, Hôtel de Sens, rue des Barres, rue du Grenier sur l’Eau, rue de l’Hôtel de Ville, Hôtel Hérouet, rue Vieille du Temple, Place Sainte-Catherine, Impasse du Bœuf; place des Vosges, café Hugo, Queen’s pavillion, rue de Béarn, Square Louis XIII, and rue de Birague. Take a look at postcards of… Regardez cette page en français…

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Hôtel Hérouet, on the corner of rue des Francs-Bourgeois, dates from the year 1500.

The Hôtel Hérouet on rue Vieille du Temple in the Marais

 Windows and the slate roofline of the western façade of the Hôtel de Sens, heavily restored from 1936 to 1962, after the building was purchased by the city of Paris in 1911.

Windows and the roof line of Hôtel de Sens
Rue des Barres, behind église Saint-Gervais, a typically medieval street in the Marais.

The intersection of rue des Barres and rue du Grenier sur l’Eau

 The two pigeons were built in 1820 for a hotel named «Au pigeon blanc», above the entrance to what is now the restaurant «Chez Julien», on rue de l’Hôtel de Ville.

Two brass pigeons above a restaurant door on rue de l’Hôtel de Ville
Late afternoon winter sun on building façades along rue de l’Hôtel-de-Ville, between rue du pont-Louis-Philippe and rue Geoffroy-l’Asnier.

Façades along rue de l’Hôtel de Ville

 As it happens, the bottom two floors, at least, are occupied by an «échangiste» bar, named «Au Pluriel Club».

A medieval house on rue François Miron in the Marais
The corner of Rue Charlemagne and rue du Prévôt, with the street signs from centuries earlier. Seen here is an abbreviation of rue Charlemagne’s previous name, rue des Prêtres Saint-Paul.

Rue Charlemagne at the corner of rue du Prévôt in the Marais

 The buildings at 19 and 21 rue François a half-hour before sunset.

Building façades on rue François Miron at sunset
Shadows of a ladder leading to the top of the chimney and the television antenna at 17 rue Vieille du Temple.

A ladder leading to the top of a chimney on rue Vieille du Temple

 The west side of rue Vieille du Temple, looking towards rue des Francs-Bourgeois.

Rue Vieille du Temple looking north from rue Roi de Sicile
One of the two Medusa heads sculpted by Thomas Regnaudin in the carriage doorway at the front of l’hôtel Amelot de Bisseuil, at 47 rue Vieille du Temple.

A Medusa carved in the door of the hôtel Amelot de Bisseuil

 The inside of the Pick-Clops café, the self-proclaimed «Zinc du Marais».

The Café Pick-Clops, on rue Vieille du Temple
Place des Vosges planted with lavender. All of the lawn area of the square was covered with potted plants for two weeks in the summer of 2001.

Place des Vosges in lavender season

 The café is named after Victor Hugo, who lived a hundred yards away.

The arcades of Café Hugo, place des Vosges
Commissioned by King Henry the 4th in 1605 and designed by architects including Le Vau, and Le Brun, place des Vosges has nine pavillions on each side, 36 in total.

The Queen’s pavillion at place des Vosges, with the passageway to rue de Béarn

 Place des Vosges, originally known as Place Royale, was built by King Henri IV from 1605 to 1612.

A fountain on the north side of Square Louis XIII
Streetlights hanging from building façades on the east side of rue de Birague, seen from place des Vosges.

Streetlights along rue de Birague

 L’impasse du Bœuf, a well-gardened alleyway leading north off rue Saint-Mérri.

Impasse du Bœuf, an alley leading from rue Saint-Mérri
Place du Marché Sainte-Catherine, between rue de Jarente and rue d’Ormesson.

Place Sainte-Catherine
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