Rue d'Auteuil Review

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Rue d'Auteuil

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This narrow, crooked shopping street escaped Haussmann's urban renovations and today still retains the country feel of old Auteuil. Molière once lived on the site of No. 2; Racine was on nearby Rue du Buis; the pair met up to clink glasses and exchange drama notes at the Mouton Blanc Inn, now a brasserie, at No. 40. Numbers 19-25 and 29 are an interesting combination of 17th- and 18th-century buildings, which have evolved into a mixture of private housing and shop fronts. At the foot of the street, the scaly dome of the Eglise d'Auteuil (built in the 1880s) is an unmistakable small-time cousin of the Sacré-Coeur. Rue d'Auteuil is at its liveliest on Wednesday and Saturday mornings, when a much-loved street market crams onto Place Jean-Barraud.

  • Metro: MichelAnge Auteuil, Eglise d'Auteuil
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