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Avenue Van Dyck to the Industrial Age bourgeoisie,
Rue de Monceau but horrified sensitive souls and
Leave the park and pass into writers who compared them
Avenue Van Dyck. No. 5 on the with the buildings of New York.
right is an impressive Parc No. 75 is the posh marble
Monceau mansion q, a Neo- front of Benneton, the most
Baroque structure built by fashionable Paris card and
chocolate manufacturer Emile stationery engraver y. On the
Menier; No. 6 is in the French left, approaching the Boulevard
Renaissance style that came Haussmann, looms the greatest
back into favour in the 1860s. 19th-century Paris church,
Straight ahead, beyond the St-Augustin u, built by Victor-
ornate grille, there is a fine Louis Baltard. Enter the church
view of Avenue Hoche and in through the back door on Rue
the distance, the Arc de la Bien faisance. Walk through
de Triomphe. The mountain cascade 8 the church and leave by the
BLVD DE
COURCELLES Villiers main door. On the left is the
Monceau Walk past the gate and turn left massive stone building of the
1 4 M O N C E A U into Rue de Courcelles and left French Officers’ club, the Cercle
2
BLVD DE COURCELLES PARC 3 7 5 6 R U E D E again into Rue Murillo, bordered Militaire i. Straight ahead is a
bronze statue of Joan of Arc o.
by more elaborate town houses
0
Continue on to Place St-Augustin
in 18th-century and French
9
Courcelles MON C EAU 8 t MIROMESNIL RUE DE RUE DE GENERAL FOY Renaissance styles w. At the to St-Augustin Metro station.
q r crossing of Rue Rembrandt,
R U E D E M O N C E A U
on the left, is another gate
RUE DE
COURCELLES
w RUE MURILLO PLACE DE R U E D E L I S B O N N E RUE DE LISBONNE into the park and on the
right, a massive apartment
AVENUE HOCHE e RUE DE LISBONNE RIO DE JANEIRO A V E N U E BOU L EV AR D MALESHERB ES building from 1900 (No. 7)
and an elegant French
y
RUE D E LA BIENFAISANCE
an elaborately carved
u Renaissance house with
wooden front
door (No. 1).
AVE C CLAIRE
At the corner
R U E D E C O U R C E L L E S
D E M E S S I N E
BLVD HAUSSMANN RUE DE MIROMESNIL o i RUE D E LA PEPINIERE of the Rue
RUE DE LA BA UME BOULEVARD H AUSSMANN St-Augustin Rembrandt
and the Rue de
R U E L A B O E T I E SQUARE the oddest of all Joan of Arc statue o
Courcelles is
Miromesnil
LOUIS
the neighbour-
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hood buildings, a Tips for Walkers
striking five-storey red Chinese
pagoda e. It is an exclusive Starting point: Blvd de
Key Courcelles.
emporium of Chinese art.
Walk route Turn left onto the Rue de Length: 3 km (2 miles).
Monceau, walk past Avenue Getting there: The nearest
Ruysdaël and continue to the Metro is Monceau, reached by
0 metres 250 bus No. 30; No. 84 goes to Metro
Musée Nissim de Camondo
0 yards 250 at No. 63 Rue de Monceau r Courcelles and No. 94 stops bet-
ween Monceau & Villiers Metros.
(see pp234–5). Some nearby St Augustin church: Open daily;
buildings worth having a look hours vary seasonally but usually
at are Nos. 52, 60 and 61 t. involve closing at lunchtime for a
2–4hr period Sat & Sun; check
Boulevard Malesherbes times at www.saintaugustin.net.
At the junction of Rue de Stopping off points: Near the
Monceau and Boulevard Renaissance bridge in the Parc
Malesherbes, turn right. This Monceau, a kiosk serves coffee
long boulevard with dignified and sandwiches (summer only).
six-storey apartment buildings There is a brasserie at Place de
is typical of the great avenues Rio de Janeiro and several cafés
cut through Paris by Baron around Place St-Augustin. The
Haussmann, Prefect of the Seine Square M Pagnol off Ave C Claire
during the Second Empire (see is a pleasant place to take in the
Five-storey Chinese pagoda e pp36–7). They greatly pleased beauty of the park.
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