Fun Facts #1: Le Marais, Paris

Straddling the 3rd and 4th Arrondissements in Paris, Le Marais is where you might go in the evening in search of divine ladies, though I am not sure the mostly male Gay scene there is that welcoming to Transgendered women. Or, you might have gone to the Picasso Museum which is in Le Marais, or, has happened on my last visit before the Pandemic, had lunch in the Marché des Enfants Rouges, the oldest covered market in Paris. Opened in 1615, it derives its name from the Red Coats that were worn by the children of a nearby Orphanage.

But here is the fun fact, and it is the Rue Beautreillis-it's links to writers and musicians.

Victorien Sardou, author of plays including Tosca, later the opera made famous by Puccini, was born in No 16 in 1831.

Charles Baudelaire lived at No 22 in his twenties when he was throwing money at, and having lots of sex with Creole Dancer/Singer/Casual Prostitute Jeanne Duval, an inspiration for his collection of poems, Les Fleurs du Mal.

Pierre Boulez, composer and conductor (and Gay) lived at No 4 when he was a student at the Conservatoire.

Jim Morrison, American singer and songwriter, lived -and died- in an apartment at No 17.