Rue de Bretagne

The Rue of Brittany is a street of the 3rd district of Paris which owes its name with the project of the Place of France, of Henri IV. The street consists of two parts:

the first of the Street of Turenne to the Street of Beauce, bored for the project of Henri IV, was to be bordered of houses to uniform architecture (related to that of the place). This part was always called Rue of Brittany except for a section between the street of Beauce and the Rue Charlot (approximately 75 m) which bore also the name of street of Burgundy
the second was called in the beginning street of the Rope manufacture of the Temple or Rue Cordière and skirted the walls of the Temple. It is indicated on a plan of 1530.

It skirts the Square of the Temple then the town hall of the IIIe district and is very commercial. The Marché of the Red Children has two entries on the street.

Towards the west, the street of Brittany is prolonged by the Rue Réaumur.

Sources and references

Dictionnaire of the streets of Paris
Paris Guides 1807 - International Bookstore

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