Rue de la Huchette, Paris

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5e Arrt.

Rue de la HUCHETTE

Arrondissement	Ve
Quarter	Sorbonne
Begins	4 rue du Petit Pont and 6 place du Petit Pont
Ends	3 place Saint-Michel
Length	164 m
Width	10 m
Creation	c. 1200
Denomination	c. 1284


Rue de la Huchette, early morning

The rue de la Huchette is one of Paris' oldest Rive Gauche streets. Running eastward just below the Seine river from the place Saint-Michel, it is today an animated main artery of a district of restaurants and souvenir shops tailored to the tastes of tourism.

1 History
2 Origin of the name
3 Buildings of note
- 3.1 Odd numbers
- 3.2 Even numbers
4 Closest transport

[edit] History

The rue de la Huchette existed as early as 1200 as the rue de Laas, a road running adjacent to a walled vineyard property known then as the clos du Laas. The property was sold and divided for urban development in the early 13th century, grew many noble properties in the centuries following, but from the 17th century the rue de la Huchette was known mostly for its taverns and rotisseries ("meat-cookers").

[edit] Origin of the name

From around 1284 the name of a house on belonging to the Notre-Dame chapter, À la Huchette d'Or, took the place of the former rue de Laas appelation.

[edit] Buildings of note

[edit] Odd numbers

13 - Building whose ground floor was an office where, from 1684, apothicaires, or druggists, could find a boy nurse/assistant/coursier.
17 - Building's corner with the rue Xavier Privas engraved with street name and former arrondissement.
21 - Building dating from the Louis XV period.

[edit] Even numbers

4 - Building dating from 1729; its former sign "A la Hure d'Or" ("of the Golden Head") is still visible in its façade.
10 - Former "furnished apartment" house where Napoleon Bonaparte was said to have stayed between 1794-1795.
14 - Site of a shop of a 15th century needlemaker. Although the building dates from a later time, the "Y" signaling the shopowner's trade is still visible in a marble oval above the ground-floor façade. Also visible engraved into the stone to the building's corner with the rue du Chat Qui Peche is the street's name and former arrondissement number.
16 - Building dating from the Louis XVI period.