Galerie de Montpensier

Galerie de Montpensier
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Former name(s)	Galerie Montpensier; Galerie des Combats
Type	Gallery
Length	227 m (745 ft)
Width	4.4 m
Location	Paris, France
Arrondissement	1st arrondissement
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Coordinates	48°51′56″N 2°20′15″E / 48.865435°N 2.337416°ECoordinates: 48°51′56″N 2°20′15″E / 48.865435°N 2.337416°E
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The Galerie de Montpensier is a gallery in the Palais-Royal in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France.

Description[]

The Galerie de Montpensier is one of the galleries with arcades located inside the Palais-Royal. It runs along the western side of the . It starts at and ends at .

A passageway starts from the gallery and ends at 24–25 .

Name[]

The name of the gallery derives from the proximity of which was named after Antoine Philippe, Duke of Montpensier, the brother of King Louis Philippe I.

The gallery was originally named Galerie Montpensier. It was renamed Galerie des Combats in 1840, before it took its current name.

Notable buildings[]

During the Revolution, the Café Corazza hosted the Society of the Friends of the Constitution before it chose to gather at the Couvent des Jacobins on Rue Saint-Honoré. A ballroom named Pince-Cul was located in the underground floor.^[1]
Nos. 57–60: The opened there in 1784 and remained there until its closure in 1863.^[2]
Nos. 51–52: clockmaker Charles Oudin settled there in 1845.
Nos. 48–50: Alfred Hamel founded its jeweller's, goldsmith's and clockmaker's house there in 1879.^[3]

References[]

^ Calabre, Isabelle (5–11 April 2007). "Palais-Royal : on joue, boit et lutine…". Votre quartier sous la Révolution. Le Nouvel Obs (in French) (2213). p. 21.
^ "Le Café de Foy, les cafés historiques autour du Palais Royal". www.paris-bistro.com (in French).
^ "Alfred Hamel. Galerie Montpensier 48.49.50. Palais Royal. Paris" (in French). hôtel Drouot (auction of 21 September 2018, Kiki et Montparnasse Arts Premiers, lot 77), Paris. 2018.CS1 maint: location (link)

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[1] Calabre, Isabelle (5–11 April 2007). "Palais-Royal : on joue, boit et lutine…". Votre quartier sous la Révolution. Le Nouvel Obs (in French) (2213). p. 21.

[PB-2] "Le Café de Foy, les cafés historiques autour du Palais Royal". www.paris-bistro.com (in French).

[3] "Alfred Hamel. Galerie Montpensier 48.49.50. Palais Royal. Paris" (in French). hôtel Drouot (auction of 21 September 2018, Kiki et Montparnasse Arts Premiers, lot 77), Paris. 2018.CS1 maint: location (link)

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