Square d'Orléans

The square was designed by the English architect Edward Cresy,[1] and built in 1829 on land that had originally belonged to the family of the musician Daniel Auber.

The name 'Square d'Orléans' was probably a tribute to Louis Philippe of the Orléans family, who became King of France in 1830.

The facades of the interior courtyard are decorated by porches with Ionic half-pillars, in a style that is analogous to that of the terraces of Regent's Park, London, (e.g. Cumberland Terrace), designed by John Nash in the 1820s.

[3] The Square became a fashionable residence in which many celebrities of the July Monarchy period took apartments, including Frédéric Chopin (Pavillon Nr.

2), Alexandre Dumas and Charles-Valentin Alkan (Pavillon Nr.