Rue Molière

The Rue Molière is a short street in central Paris, in the 1st arrondissement. It begins at the Avenue de l'Opéra, near the Comédie-Française, and ends at the Rue de Richelieu with the Fontaine Molière.

It has borne several names, including the Rue de la Fontaine-Molière, the Rue Traversière-Saint-Honoré before 1843, earlier the Rue Traversine or Traversante, and in 1625 the Rue de la Brasserie or Rue du Bâton-Royal.^[1] It received its current name in 1867.^[2] It is notable for collège Jean-Baptiste-Poquelin, named after the playwright Jean-Baptiste-Poquelin, the real name of Molière.

From 1745 to 1750, Voltaire inhabited a house on the street. This house was later destroyed in the construction of the avenue de l'Opéra, during Haussmann's renovation of Paris. Mirabeau rented rooms on the street in 1790.^[2]

References

↑ "Nomenclature des rues de Paris sur Paris.fr". Archived from the original on 2016-05-07. Retrieved 2011-07-29.
1 2 Marville, Charles; Moncan, Patrice de, eds. (2011). Paris avant, après: 19e siècle - 21e siècle (4th ed.). Paris: Ed. du Mécène. ISBN 978-2-35896-007-6.

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[1] "Nomenclature des rues de Paris sur Paris.fr". Archived from the original on 2016-05-07. Retrieved 2011-07-29.

[:0-2] 1 2 Marville, Charles; Moncan, Patrice de, eds. (2011). Paris avant, après: 19e siècle - 21e siècle (4th ed.). Paris: Ed. du Mécène. ISBN 978-2-35896-007-6.

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