Shuttle transfer from rue de Tournon to Paris Charles de Gaulle airport

History and visit the Rue de Tournon in Paris

In the sixth arrondissement of Paris is located Rue de Tournon. It begins at the extension of the Rue Saint-Sulpice until the Rue de Vaugirard, before the Senate. This way among one of the most remarkable streets of Paris because of her appearance.

The name of the street comes from Cardinal François de Tournon, abbot of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. He was born in 1489 and died in 1562. He was a senior adviser to François 1er. On this street, the hotel was said of Montpensier Hotel du Petit-Bourbon. It was built by Louis de Bourbon, Prince de La Roche-sur-Yon in 1540. The hotel housed the famous Duchess of Montpensier and here she learned of the assassination of the Duke of Guise and Cardinal.
On the same street, there is also the hotel Brancas also called Hotel Terrat. It was built by the architect Pierre Bullet. The name of this hotel comes from Jean-Baptiste Terrat, Marquis of Chantosme Chancellor and the Duke of Orleans. There remained Laplace was Comte de La Place in 1804 and Marquis in 1817.
The hotel of Marshal d’Ancre and the hotel Estoile also known under the name of the hotel was on the Nivernais rue de Tournon. It was built by Louis the Estoile in 1543. Currently, it has become a barracks guard Paris. There was also built the Grand Hotel where Entragues died in 1813 Madame d’Holbach. Theroigne Méricourt, Gérard Philippe and philosopher Gabriel Marcel, lived in this street.