Description
The Quai de Bourbon is the riverside street along the western tip of the Île Saint-Louis, in the heart of Paris: a quiet row of 17th-century mansions facing the Seine and the Right Bank, loved by locals for a stroll or a picnic.
At number 1, the old Au Franc Pinot tavern keeps its wrought-iron grille with a bunch of gilded grapes. At numbers 17–19, the Hôtel de Jassaud held the studio of the sculptor Camille Claudel from 1899 to 1913. Number 45, the Maison du Centaure, owes its name to a relief of Hercules fighting the centaur Nessus.
The quay was built between 1614 and 1646 and named after the royal Bourbon family; during the Revolution it briefly became the "Quai de la République". In 1716 the police shut the Franc Pinot after finding pamphlets mocking the Regent there.
Léon Blum lived at number 25, and Woody Allen filmed scenes of Midnight in Paris at number 53.
At number 1, the old Au Franc Pinot tavern keeps its wrought-iron grille with a bunch of gilded grapes. At numbers 17–19, the Hôtel de Jassaud held the studio of the sculptor Camille Claudel from 1899 to 1913. Number 45, the Maison du Centaure, owes its name to a relief of Hercules fighting the centaur Nessus.
The quay was built between 1614 and 1646 and named after the royal Bourbon family; during the Revolution it briefly became the "Quai de la République". In 1716 the police shut the Franc Pinot after finding pamphlets mocking the Regent there.
Léon Blum lived at number 25, and Woody Allen filmed scenes of Midnight in Paris at number 53.