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Neighbourhood Walk
Medieval Marais Meanderings
START
METRO ST-PAUL
END
HÔTEL DE SULLY
DISTANCE
2KM
DURATION
1½ HOURS
While Henri IV was busy having place Royale (today's place des Vosges) built, aris-
tocrats were commissioning gold-brick hôtels particuliers- the city's most beautiful
Renaissance structures that lend the Marais a particular architectural harmony.
From rue François Miron, walk south on rue du Prévôt to rue Charlemagne. To the
right at 7 rue de Jouy stands majestic
1
HHôtel d'
el d'Auumont, built around 1650 for a fin-
