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ancier. Continue south along rue des Nonnains d'Hyères and turn left onto rue de
l'Hôtel de Ville. At 1 rue du Figuier is
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HHôtel de Se
el de Sens, the oldest Marais mansion, with
geometric gardens and a neo-Gothic turret. Begun around 1475, it was built as digs for
the archbishops of Sens. It was restored in mock Gothic style in 1911.
Continue southeast along rue de l'Ave Maria, then northeast along rue des Jardins
de St-Paul. To the left, two truncated towers are all that remain of Philippe-Auguste's
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ennceiinte, a fortified wall (1190) once guarded by 39 towers. Cross rue Charle-
magne, duck into rue Eginhard and follow it to rue St-Paul and
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Églis
glise St
e St--Paul St
ul St-
Louis
uis (1641). At the end of rue St-Paul, turn left, then walk north up rue Malher and
rue Pavée, the first cobbled road in Paris. At No 24 is the late Renaissance
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HHôteel
Lamoiignon, built for Diane de France (1538-1619), legitimised daughter of Henri II.
era 'Temple of Reason'
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CChapelle de l'Hum
elle de l'Humaniité at No 5; and the rear of the
e Caiin opposite 11 rue Payenne,
walk northwest to more spectacular 17th-century hôtels particuliers:
a
HHôtel de
q George C
el de
Liibéral B
al Bruuant at 1 rue de la Perle, and
b
HHôtel Salé
el Salé crammed with Picassos at 5 rue
de Thorigny.
Retrace your steps to rue du Parc Royal, walk south down rue de Sévigné and follow
EATING
Packed with restaurants and bistros of every imaginable type, Le Marais is
one of Paris' premier dining neighbourhoods with many addresses requiring
an advance reservation at weekends. Looking east, one of Paris' hippest ad-
lunch or dinner post-grave walking.
Le Marais
TAQUERIA
CANDELARIA
