Rue Radziwill

The street was originally called the Rue Neuve des Bons Enfants.

[2] The musician François Couperin moved to the Rue Neuve des Bons Enfants in 1724, where he stayed the rest of his life.

The area was popular with musicians, particularly those who worked at the nearby Académie Royale de Musique.

[3] The passage Radziwill, which crossed a house owned by the Polish nobleman Karol Stanisław Radziwiłł (1734-1790), ended on the street.

The original building was built by Jules Hardouin Mansart for Louis Phélypeaux, marquis de La Vrillière, and was occupied in 1713 by the son of Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan.

Plaque marking the house of the musician François Couperin (1668-1733), who lived on the Rue Radziwill from 1724 until the end of his life.