Shuttle from Orly and CDG to Rue Quincampoix in Paris

History and visit the Rue Quincampoix in Paris

The street is a public thoroughfare Quincampoix Street 3rd and 4th arrondissement of Paris. It begins at the street end between Lombard Street to Bear. This street measuring about 452 meters is known for its alignment is not always regular.

The story begins Quincampoix to the 12th century when some drapers and goldsmiths settled around the street. Soon, the street became a place frequented by people of nobility who uses it as fashionable promenade. At that time, the street was Quincampoix happily lined with shops offering mercier hats, jewels, linen or embroidery people to pass.

Some records from the 14th century made reference to the street Quincampoix under another name “Quinquenpoit” presumably the name of a rich lord who built the first house. At the time of the Sun King, Street welcomed a large number of Jews who invested mainly in the bank. Street then drew several characters who devoted themselves to manipulation illicit money from the court. Some rich foreign bankers like the famous John Law did not resist to the popularity of street Quincampoix and founded a bank General 18th century.

Currently, the street is home to several buildings Quincampoix modestly decorated and is an ideal place for tourists looking for the quiet side of Paris. Quincampoix is ​​also distinguished by its narrowness, which, instead of the ugly, will increase its charm and warmth. Several ways as the street of Reynie the passage Molière, the Place Edmond Michelet or the Rue Aubry-le-Boucher lead through or on this street.