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Street-by-Street: Beaubourg and Les Halles

When Emile Zola described Les Halles as the “belly The Rue
of Paris”, he was referring to the meat, vegetable and Quincampoix
fruit market that had thrived here since 1183. Traffic is lined by
congestion in the 1960s forced the market to move to 18th-century
hôtels that
the suburbs and Baltard’s giant umbrella-like market have been
pavilions were pulled down, despite howls of protest, and beautifully
replaced by a shopping and leisure complex, the Forum. restored
The conversion worked: today, Les Halles and the and totally
refurbished.
Pompidou Centre, which lies in the Beaubourg
quarter and has been one of Paris’s main tourist
attractions ever since it opened in 1977,
draw the most mixed crowds in Paris.

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Visitors can enjoy watching films To Metro
on one of the five screens here. Châletet R U E D E S L O M B A R D S
Rue de la Ferronnerie was where, in 4 . Fontaine
1610, the religious fanatic Ravaillac des Innocents
assassinated Henri IV while his This is the last
carriage was caught in the traffic. Renaissance fountain
left in Paris. It was
designed by the
sculptor and architect
Jean Goujon.
Key
Suggested route

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