Rue Dauphine
48°51′18″N 2°20′22″E / 48.85500°N 2.33944°E / 48.85500; 2.33944From 57 Quai des Grands Augustins and 1 Quai de Conti To 72 Rue Saint-André-des-Arts and 51 Rue Mazarine Construction Completion 1607 Denomination 1607
Rue Dauphine is a street in Saint-Germain-des-Prés in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France. It is one of the most fashionable and expensive districts of Paris.
It was named after the Dauphin, son of Henry IV of France.
The Pont Neuf crosses the river Seine in front of the Rue Dauphine.
Nobel prize–winning physicist Pierre Curie, husband of Marie Skłodowska-Curie, was struck and killed by a horse-drawn carriage on this street in 1906.
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| Located near the Métro station: Odéon. |
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