Le Marais district in Paris
Le Marais is
a trendy district in Paris now celebrated for its nightlife. In the
eleventh century, Order of the Temple cleared the marshlands in the
northeast Philippe Auguste's enclosure. From the fourteenth century
onwards, the aristocracy built large residences in the area, a trend which
was accelerated by the creation of the Place Royale (which would become
the Place des Vosges) by Henri IV in 1605. The departure of the royal
court to Versailles led to a decline in the district. Haussmann's urban
redevelopment only marginally affected the Marais through new alignment
rules and constructions, lending irregular width to many of the
neighbourhood's streets. Towards the end of the nineteenth century and in
the first half of the twentieth century, the area surrounding the Rue des
Rosiers became home to many Jews from Eastern Europe, further specializing
local labour in the clothing industry. The Marais was therefore a target
for the Nazis when they controlled the city. In 1969, André Malraux made
the Marais the first protected sector, with the area being home to many
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