The rue Saint-Honoré is a street in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France. It is named after the collegial situated in ancient times within the cloisters of Saint-Honoré. The street, on which are located a number of museums and upscale boutiques, is near the Jardin des Tuileries and the Saint-Honoré market. Like many streets in the heart of Paris, the rue Saint-Honoré, as it is now known, was laid out as early as the Middle Ages or before. The street, at one time, continued beyond the former city walls into what was the faubourg. This continuation was eventually named the rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré.
History
The rue Saint-Honoré has been given the following names in its long history:
The section between the rue de la Lingerie and the rue de la Tonnellerie was named the rue de la Chausseterie from 1300 to the 17th century.
The section between the now extinct rue Tirechappe and the rue de l'Arbre Sec was named the rue du Chastiau Festu or du Château Fêtu.
The section between the rue de l'Arbre Sec and the now defunct rue du Rempart was named the rue de la Croix du Trahoir, rue de la Croix du Tiroir or rue du Traihoir, du Traihouer, du Trayoir, du Trahoir, du Triouer, or du Trioir between the 13th and 14th centuries; and the rue de la chaussée Saint-Honoré from 1450.
The section between the now extinct rue du Rempart and the rue Royale was known successively as the chemin de Clichy, grand chemin Saint-Honoré, chaussée Saint-Honoré, grand chemin de la porte Saint-Honoré, chemin Royal, nouvelle rue Saint-Louis, grand rue Saint-Louis, rue Neuve-Saint-Louis, grande rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, chaussée Saint-Honoré, rue Neuve-Saint-Honoré
In 1631, the old Porte Saint-Honoré, across from the rue de Richelieu, was torn down and replaced, facing the rue Royale.
In 1670, the northern fortifications of Paris were demolished and the street was called the boulevard Saint-Honoré, traversing from the rue Saint-Antoine to the rue Saint-Martin.
number 92: 15 January 1611, the playwright known as Molière was born.
number 129 was where Louis Gaston Hebert, one of the founding pioneers of Canada, was born and lived prior to his journey with his wife and three children to New France in 1620.
numbers 146, 148, and 150: The remains of King Philip II are entombed.
number 182: The Immeuble des Bons-Enfants, arm of the French Ministry of Culture was built between 2000 and 2004. The façade facing the street, clad with an ornamental metallic net, is the work of Léon Vaudoyer. Executing architects were Francis Soler and Frédéric Druot.
number 204: The Palais-Royal, built in 1629 by Cardinal Richelieu, is now also the seat of the Comédie-Française
number 211: The former Hôtel de Noailles, later Bertin, built in 1715 by Pierre Cailleteau dit Lassurance on the site of the former Hôtel Pussort, of which some parts still exist, surrounded by buildings of the Hôtel Saint-James et Albany.
