Rue du Tapis-Vert
The Rue du Tapis-Vert is a street in the 1st arrondissement of Marseille. The street contains the 17th-century Église de la Mission de France.
History
From 1215 until 1524, there was a friar's convent located between the Rue du Tapis-Vert and the Canebière. The convent was destroyed during the siege of Marseille, which was led by Charles III, Duke of Bourbon under the orders of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, as part of the Italian War of 1521–1526. No. 22 Rue du Tapis-Vert was a convent for the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy until 1787, when it was converted into Marseille's first mint. It was here in 1794 that a solid silver statue of the Virgin Mary from the chapel at Notre-Dame de la Garde, dating from 1661, was melted down.10 Rue du Tapis Vert was the birthplace of French doctor and politician in 1869. He was the father of Louis Darquier de Pellepoix, who was the Commissioner for Jewish Affairs in Vichy France. In the 17th century, 41 Rue du Tapis-Vert belong to local historian. In the 19th century, 39 Rue du Tapis-Vert was used as a printing press for a twice monthly medical publication.