 | This articleneeds additional citations forverification. Please helpimprove this article byadding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Rue de Rivoli" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(April 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
 Rue de Rivoli at the level of theLouvre Palace (on the right) | |
  Shown within Paris | |
| Namesake | Battle of Rivoli |
|---|---|
| Length | 3,070 m (10,070 ft) |
| Width | 20.78 m (68.2 ft) along theJardin des Tuileries; 22 m elsewhere |
| Arrondissement | 1st,4th |
| Quarter | Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois. Halles. Palais Royal. place Vendôme. Saint-Merri. Saint-Gervais. |
| Coordinates | 48°51′24.90″N2°21′13.22″E / 48.8569167°N 2.3536722°E /48.8569167; 2.3536722 |
| From | 45 rue François Miron and 1 rue de Sévigné |
| To | place de la Concorde and 2 rue Saint-Florentin |
| Construction | |
| Completion | May 3, 1848 |
| Denomination | April 25, 1804 |
TheRue de Rivoli (French pronunciation:[ʁydəʁivɔli]; English: "Rivoli Street") is a street in centralParis,France. It is a commercial street whose shops include leading fashionable brands.[citation needed] It bears the name ofNapoleon's early victory against theAustrian army, at theBattle of Rivoli, fought on 14–15 January 1797.[citation needed] Developed by Napoleon through the heart of the city, it includes on one side the north wing of theLouvre Palace and theTuileries Gardens.
The Rue de Rivoli is an example of a transitional compromise between an environment of prestigious monuments and aristocratic squares, and the results of modern town-planning by municipal authorities.
_(14804499333).jpg)
The new street that Napoleon developed through the heart of Paris includes on one side the north wing of theLouvre Palace, (which Napoleon extended) and theTuileries Gardens. Upon completion, it was the first time that a wide, well designed and aesthetically pleasing street bound the north wing of the Louvre Palace. Napoleon's original section of the street opened up eastward from thePlace de la Concorde. Builders on the north side of the Place Louis XV, (as it then was named) between the Rue de Mondovi and Rue Saint-Florentin, had been constrained by letters patent in 1757 and 1758 to follow a singlefaçade plan. The result was a pleasing uniformity, and Napoleon's planners extended a similar program, which resulted in the arcades and facades that extend for almost a mile along the street.[citation needed]
Therestored BourbonKing Charles X continued the Rue de Rivoli eastwards from the Louvre, as didKing Louis-Philippe. Finally,Emperor Napoleon III extended it into the 17th-century quarter ofLe Marais (see:Right Bank). Beneath the Rue de Rivoli runs one of the main brick-vaulted, oval-sectionedsewers of Paris' much-imitated system, with its sidewalks for the sewer workers.[citation needed]
In 1852, opposite the wing of the Louvre,Baron Haussmannenlarged the Place du Palais-Royal that is centred on theBaroquePalais Royal, built forCardinal Richelieu in 1624 and willed to the royal family, with its garden surrounded by fashionable commercial arcades. At the rear of the garden is the older branch of theBibliothèque Nationale, in the Rue Richelieu.[citation needed]
North of the Rue de Rivoli, at the point where theGrands Boulevards crossed an enormous new square, the newopera house was built. TheOpera Garnier is a monument to the construction of theSecond Empire. Just behind the opera house can be found the largestdepartment stores, such as theGaleries Lafayette andPrintemps.[citation needed]
East along the Rue de Rivoli, at thePlace des Pyramides, is thegilded statue ofJoan of Arc, situated close to where she was wounded at the Saint-HonoréGate in her unsuccessful attack onEnglish-held Paris, on September 8, 1429. A little further along, towards thePlace de la Concorde, the Rue de Castiglione leads to thePlace Vendôme, with its Vendôme Column surmounted by the effigy of Napoleon Bonaparte. He began the building of the street in 1802; it was completed in 1865. A plaque at no. 144 commemorates the assassination there of theHuguenot leader AdmiralGaspard II de Coligny, in theSt. Bartholomew's Day massacre of 1572.[citation needed]
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
