Porte Saint-Honoré

The third gate of this name, built in 1635 (engraving by Adam Pérelle).

Porte Saint-Honoré was a city gate in Paris. It was the main entry point into the city from the west, towards Saint-Germain-en-Laye (with porte Saint-Denis to the north towards Saint-Denis, porte Saint-Antoine to the east towards Vincennes, and porte Saint-Jacques to the south towards Orleans). There were three gates that bore the name, demolished rebuilt further and further along rue Saint-Honoré as the city expanded - they dated to the early 13th, late 14th and early 17th centuries.

Bibliography

• Jacques Hillairet, Connaissance du vieux Paris : rive droite, rive gauche, les îles & les villages, Paris, éditions Payot & Rivages, 1993 (1re éd. 1956), 3 t. en 1 vol. , 377-299-255 p. (ISBN 978-2-86930-648-6).
• Renaud Gagneux and Denis Prouvost, Sur les traces des enceintes de Paris : promenade au long des murs disparus, Paris, éditions Parigramme, 2004, 246 p. (ISBN 2-84096-322-1).