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What to do in Madeleine

In Madeleine, today.paris tracks 100 places with verified opening hours — including La Madeleine, Chapelle expiatoire. 10 terraces on the City's official register · 5 cafés · 15 restaurants near you today, with their real hours.

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Events near Madeleine

Monuments & viewpoints

The Church of Saint Mary Magdalene, less formally called La Madeleine, is a Catholic parish church on Place de la Madeleine in the eighth arrondissement of Paris. It was planned by Louis XV as the focal point of the new Rue Royal, leading to the new Place Louis XV, the present Place de la Concorde.
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The Chapelle expiatoire (French pronunciation: [ʃapɛl ɛkspjatwaʁ], "chapel of expiation") is a Roman Catholic chapel located in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France.
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Museums & galleries

Restaurants in Madeleine

Bars in Madeleine

Cafés in Madeleine

Pâtisseries in Madeleine

Bookshops

  • 📚LardanchetBookshop · 8th arrondissement · ⏰ 12:00–18:00 · Free

Cinemas, theatres & live music

The Théâtre de la Madeleine (French pronunciation: [teɑtʁ də la madlɛn]) is a theater in Paris built in the English style in 1924 on the site of a carousel. The first major success of the theatre came with the presentation of part one of The Merchants of Glory by Marcel Pagnol.
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Markets & delis

Parks & gardens

Where the street names come from

  • place Beauvau — Near the Hôtel Beauvau, now the Ministry of the Interior.
  • cité Berryer — Pierre Antoine Berryer (1790-1868), lawyer and politician.
  • rue Boissy d'Anglas — François Antoine Boissy d'Anglas (1756-1828), French politician, presided over the Convention on the day of 1 Prairial.
  • rue Cambacérès — Jean Jacques Régis Cambacérès (1753-1824), French jurist and politician.
  • rue Chauveau-Lagarde — Claude François Chauveau-Lagarde (1756-1841), French lawyer, one of the defenders of Marie-Antoinette; near the Chapelle expiatoire.
  • rue d'Aguesseau — Joseph-Antoine d'Aguesseau, honorary councillor at the Parlement, creator of a market in the quarter, owner of the land.
  • rue d'Anjou — Probably in honor of the Duke of Anjou (Henri III).
  • rue d'Astorg — The oldest part of this street was laid out in 1776 on land belonging to Louis d'Astorg d'Aubarède, marquis de Roquépine, comte de Barbasan, lieutenant general of the king's armies.
  • rue de Castellane — Count Esprit Victor Elisabeth Boniface de Castellane (1788-1862), colonel of the hussars of the royal guard when the street was laid out, and later Marshal of France.
  • rue de Duras — Opened on the site of the Hôtel de Duras.
  • rue de l'Arcade — From an arcade that served as a link between the gardens of the nuns of la Ville l'Evêque.
  • rue de l'Élysée — Runs alongside the Elysée palace and garden.
  • galerie de la Madeleine — Near the church of the Madeleine.
  • passage de la Madeleine — Near the church of the Madeleine.
  • place de la Madeleine — The church of the Madeleine stands on this square.
  • rue de la Pépinière — This street, of which the rue La Boétie was once a part, led to the royal nursery garden of the Roule.
  • rue de la Ville l'Évêque — The main street of the former farm of the Bishop of Paris, known as Ville l'Evêque (villa Episcopi).
  • avenue de Marigny — Abel François Poisson, marquis de Marigny (1725-1781), was director general of the king's buildings when he had the Champs Elysées redesigned and this avenue opened.
  • rue de Penthièvre — Pierre Philippe Jean Marie d'Orléans, Duke of Penthièvre (son of the Prince of Joinville).
  • cour de Rome — Near the former impasse de Rome, absorbed into the rue au Maire around 1833.
  • rue de Surène — Former road to Suresnes.
  • avenue Delcassé — Théophile Delcassé (1852-1923), French politician.
  • rue des Mathurins — The oldest part of this street was cut through land belonging to the Mathurins farm.
  • place des Saussaies — Near the rue des Saussaies, a street formerly lined with willows.
  • rue des Saussaies — Formerly lined with willows.
  • rue du Cirque — Near the former circus of the Champs Elysées.
  • avenue Gabriel — This thoroughfare opens onto the place de la Concorde; it was given the name of Ange-Jacques Gabriel (1698-1782), architect of the place Louis XV (Concorde); near that square.
  • place Gabriel Péri — Gabriel Péri (1902-1941), politician, member of parliament for Seine-et-Oise, shot as a hostage by the Germans on 15 December 1941.
  • rue Greffulhe — Laid out on the land of Mr Greffulhe.
  • boulevard Haussmann — Baron Georges Eugène Haussmann (1809-1891), French administrator and politician; prefect of the Seine from 23 June 1853 to 5 January 1870.
  • rue Joseph Sansboeuf — Joseph Sansboeuf (1848-1938), patriot, deputy mayor of the arrondissement.
  • rue La Boëtie — Etienne de La Boëtie (1530-1563), French writer, friend of Montaigne; in the vicinity of the rue Montaigne, today the rue Jean Mermoz.
  • rue Lavoisier — Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743-1794), French chemist, founder of modern chemistry.
  • allée Marcel Proust — Marcel Proust (1871-1922), French man of letters.
  • rue Montalivet — Jean Pierre Bachasson, Count of Montalivet (1766-1823), statesman.
  • rue Pasquier — Duke Etienne Denis Pasquier (1767-1862), chancellor of France.
  • passage Puteaux — Passage opened by Mr. Puteaux.
  • rue Roquépine — The oldest part of the street was opened by Louis d'Astorg d'Aubarède, marquis de Roquépine, lieutenant-general.
  • rue Royale — Opened to give access to the place Louis XV, today the place de la Concorde.
  • rue Tronchet — François Denis Tronchet (1726-1806), French lawyer, one of the defenders of Louis XVI, one of the drafters of the Civil Code; near the Chapelle expiatoire.
  • rue Tronson du Coudray — Guillaume Alexandre Tronson du Coudray (1750-1798), one of the defenders of Marie-Antoinette; near the Chapelle expiatoire.
  • rue Vignon — Pierre Alexandre Vignon (1762-1846), architect of the church of the Madeleine; near that monument.

Source: City of Paris, official street names (ODbL).

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