Archives ¬ > Rue Dauphine, a modern street in Paris > New decoration materials > Henri IV, king size style > The Seventies are back > In concrete terms > Louis-Philippe style, a first step towards modernity > Revamp! > The style under Louis XIII > Spring decoration > The 6th arrondissement city hall, between solemnity and functionality > The print of Louis XIV on Paris > Symbolic materials > Colours of Autumn > The XVIIth century, a monumental era in Paris > Clothe your windows > "Egyptizing" Paris > Mirror sweet mirror > Baroque, a weapon against the Reformation > Mary had a little lamp > Art deco, symbol of the industrial era > Chippendale style > Perfume’s in the air > The Good, the Bath and the Bubbles > Wax up, doc ? > Harmony at home > Outstanding walls > Rococo on the rocks ! > When steel and stone got married > Oriental carpets > Warm terra cotta > Outdoor pieces of furniture > Neoclassicism, a second artistic Renaissance > Art Nouveau, or the revenge of aestheticism > Lime in first line > Le Corbusier's Revolution > Azulejos : a blueprint for home > The "Empire style", indelible trace of an ephemeral regimen > The parquet floor is laid to stay ! > The ''Haussmanian'' building, a ''Parisian touch'' Rue Dauphine, a modern street in Paris The history of the Rue Dauphine marks a real change in Paris’ urbanism. Built in 1607 as an extension of the Pont-Neuf which was just completed, it is the first street with an alignment, which makes it straight at a time when Parisian streets liked to wind according to the whims of buildings erected without consultation. The creation of the Rue Dauphine is also marked with the seal of the royal will in front of the church. Henri IV had indeed threatened Augustine monks to fire with guns to open the passage leading to the Porte de Bussy through the lands of their convent. The dismantling of the Philippe-Auguste’s wall - still under Henri IV - also constituted an opportunity to extend the street. This extension took the name of Rue Neuve Dauphine or Petite-Rue Dauphine during a short time. First street lamps The Rue Dauphine is named after Louis XIII, son of Henri IV. The French tradition then wanted the designated successor to the throne and direct descendant of the King to be earl of Dauphiné and called ‘Dauphin’. In 1792, the street was renamed Rue de Thionville in honour of the Lorraine city which had resisted a siege of Austrian troops. The Restoration gave it its original name back in 1814. The modernity of the street has also expressed during the mid-eighteenth century, when Paris police Lieutenant General installed the first street lamps to replace old and ineffective lanterns. These prototypes then run on guts’ oil! Jean Damien LESAY