Rue des Pyramides

Rue des Pyramides is a 217m long street in the 1st [arrondissement of Paris|1st arrondissement] of Paris, linking Place des Pyramides and Avenue [de l'Opéra]. It is named after Napoleon Bonaparte's 1798 Battle of the Pyramids.
Its central section as far as rue Saint-Honoré is flanked by arcaded blocks of flats, identical to those on Place des Pyramides.
It is served by Pyramides station on lines 7 and 14 on the Metro.

History

The 1730 Roussel map shows a passage on part of the site now occupied by Rue des Pyramides.
On 9 October 1801 the consuls decreed:
In 1801 it was joined on its south side, on the site of the former Hôtel des Grandes-Écuries du Roi and its associated buildings, shown on the 1714 La Caille map and the 1730 Roussel map.
During the Trois Glorieuses in 1830 the street saw a confrontation between the insurgents and the army. From 1835 onwards the painter and lithographer Jean-Jacques Champin lived at number 2 on the street. The street was extended as far as avenue de l'Opéra in 1877. During the Second World War the French [Popular Party] was based at number 10 on the street.