Rue de la Chaussée-d'Antin

In the 17th century, the Chemin des Porcherons crossed a swampy piece of land north of the Porte Gaillon, a city gate in the wall built during the reign of King Louis XIII, leading to the village of Les Porcherons.

It is called a chaussée because the marshy land required it to be raised and laid along a sort of dyke.

Son of the marquise de Montespan, the duke was the superintendent of the Bâtiments du Roi, or buildings of the king.

At the intersection of the Boulevard des Capucines, stood the former hôtel de Montmorency, which gave way to the Théâtre du Vaudeville in 1869, and then the Paramount Opéra cinema theater in 1927.

At the intersection of the Boulevard des Italiens stood the barracks of the Gardes Françaises—a regiment of the royal guard which was to play a key role in the revolutionary events of July 1789.

Hôtel de Montesson by Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart , built after 1769 for Mme de Montesson, south of the Cité d'Antin in the Rue de Provence . [ 4 ]
View of the Rue de la Chaussée-d'Antin from the top of the bell tower of the Église de la Sainte-Trinité. In the foreground, the Rue de Châteaudun on the left, the Rue Saint-Lazare on the right.