Rue des Francs-Bourgeois
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Francs-Bourgeois's street is one of the longer and the most interesting of le Marais in Paris, France. Starting from Centre Georges Pompidou (rue Rambuteau), it is today a trendy street extremely appreciated for all the fashion stores. Note that this street is opened on Sunday. So, many people come to brunch and walk there at the end of the week. Impossible to miss it if you visit le Marais. We can still discover several hotels particuliers, (ancient private mansions), from past centuries: Hôtel Carnavalet Museum, Lamoignon, Sandreville, d'Albret, d'Alméras, Poussepin, de Coulanges, Hérouet, de Jaucourt, de Fontenay, de Breteuil. Hotel Carnavalet houses the museum of the history of Paris. Years ago, this street was called rue des Poulies. But, in 1415, a man called le Mazurier offered to the grand Prieur of France a huge private mansion with 24 bedrooms to receive 48 poor people. These people were so poor they didn't pay the taxes of the city and were called francs-bourgeois. That is the origin of the street's name.
