Place Colette
Former name(s)none
NamesakeSidonie-Gabrielle Colette
Arrondissement1st arrondissement
Coordinates48°51′48″N 2°20′09″E / 48.86322°N 2.33590°E / 48.86322; 2.33590
Construction
Inauguration19 February 1966

Place Colette is a square in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France.

Location and access

The square is bordered to the north and east by wings of the Palais-Royal (containing, to the north, the Comédie-Française and to the east, the Conseil d'État), to the south by the rue Saint-Honoré and to the west by the rue de Richelieu.[1]

An entrance to the Palais Royal–Musée du Louvre Métro station, serving lines 1 and 7, is on Place Colette. It was redesigned by Jean-Michel Othoniel as the Kiosque des noctambules (Kiosk of the night-walkers), completed in October 2000 for the centenary of the Métro.

History

Place Colette had no name (it was simply part of the rue Saint-Honoré) until 1966 when it was named after the writer Colette following a request by her only daughter, Colette de Jouvenel, to André Malraux who was then Minister of Culture.[1][2]

Film location

The café "Le Nemours", in the façade of the Conseil d'État, has been used as a location for several films:

References

  1. 1 2 "Place Colette" (in French). Mairie de Paris. Archived from the original on 19 October 2020.
  2. ↑ Malécot, Claude (2005). Le Monde de Colette au Palais-Royal: Photographies (in French). Paris: Centre des monuments nationaux. p. 20. ISBN 2-85822-802-7..


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