Place Colette Explained

Place Colette
Arrondissement:1st arrondissement
Namesake:Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette
Inauguration Date:19 February 1966
Former Names:none

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 Métro station, serving lines and, 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.[2]

Film location

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Place Colette . Mairie de Paris . fr . https://web.archive.org/web/20201019223612/http://www.v2asp.paris.fr/commun/v2asp/v2/nomenclature_voies/Voieactu/2186.nom.htm . 19 October 2020.
  2. Book: Malécot, Claude . fr . Le Monde de Colette au Palais-Royal: Photographies . Paris . . 2005 . 20 . 2-85822-802-7. .