Rue Beautreillis
# Rue Beautreillis

Rue Beautreillis is a street in The Marais, a historic area of the 4th arrondissement in central Paris, France.

## Location and access

Rue Beautreillis, almost parallel to the Rue Saint-Paul and Rue du Petit-Musc, begins at Rue des Lions-Saint-Paul and ends at Rue Saint-Antoine. It successively crosses the Rue Charles-V and Rue Neuve-Saint-Pierre. Like many streets in old Paris, its narrow width is uneven and its buildings include traces of its long history of houses, hotels, and buildings dating from different eras.

## Origin of the name

The street's name, attributed in 1555, is in memory of the Hotel de Beautreillis, which was built on the site of the Hôtel Saint-Pol, and which takes its name from the vines against the walls of the garden.

## History

The street is cited under the names of "rue Girard-Bocquet" and “Rue de Beau-trillis” in a manuscript of 1636 where the records indicate that it is "found orderly, room and full of mud and filth".

By ministerial decision of 6 September 1836, the length of this road was increased from 188m to 231m by absorption of Rue Gérard-Beauquet (taken from the name of the owner of the Hotel de Beautreillis), formerly Rue du Pistolet.

It was at a barricade parallel to Rue Beautreillis on Rue Saint-Antoine that General François de Négrier was killed during June 1848.

## Notable buildings and events

* Eugène Grangé (1810–1887) was born in the street on 16 December 1810 at the theatre here.
* No 6: remains of the Hotel Raoul.
* No 7: house with wrought iron terrace (historic monument).
* No 16: Victorien Sardou (1831–1908), dramatist, was born here on 5 September 1831.
* No 17: Jim Morrison (1943–1971), lead singer of The Doors, died here in an apartment in the building, on 3 July 1971.
* No 22: Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867), poet, lived here with Jeanne Duval (c.1820–c.1862), actress and dancer.
