Boulevard Des Italiens - Notable Places

Notable Places

At the junction with rue Laffitte, a nice view of the Sacré-Coeur de Montmartre, which seems to be placed on the top of the Church Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, whereas in fact, it is much more distant.

  • At n° 13, the place of the former Café Anglais (1802-1913), well=known restaurant of the Second Empire, replaced by a building in the Art Nouveau style.
  • At n° 16, the place of the former Café Riche (1791).
  • At n° 19, Crédit Lyonnais headquarters, built from 1876 to 1913 in the Haussmann style.
  • At n° 20, the place of the former luxury restaurant La Maison dorée (the Golden House) (1839-1841). Now the headquarters of the bank BNP Paribas, designed by Joseph Marrast, which retained the original facade (example of facadism).
  • At n° 22, the place of the former Café Tortoni de Paris.
  • At n° 26, the place of the former Cafe de Bade.
  • At n° 36, a building created in 1929 by Michel Roux-Spitz. The ground floor was used as exposition hall for the Ford cars. Now, it is a fast food restaurant.

At the corner of rue de la Chaussée d'Antin was the Dépôt des Gardes-françaises (French Guards' barracks) built by the colonel Duke of Biron in 1764. It gave the name of the boulevard for some years. On 12 July 1789, a platoon of the guards saved his colonel, Duchâtelet, from popular riots.

At the corner of rue Louis-le-Grand, Palais Berlitz, built in the style of the 1930s in place of the Pavillon de Hanovre of the 18th century, which has been disassembled and rebuilt in the park of Sceaux.

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