Rue La Fayette
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The Rue La Fayette is a street in the 9th and 10th arrondissement of Paris, between the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Martin and the Rue du Faubourg-Poissonnière.
History
The street was opened in 1823. It was created by Claude Rambuteau and Georges-Eugène Haussmann.{{cite book|author=Desmons, Gilles.|title=Walking Paris|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kBpC5X1AhFgC&pg=PA132|year=2008|publisher=New Holland Publishers|location=4th edition. London|isbn=978-1-84773-061-9|page=132}} It was the original location of the Galeries Lafayette.
This street bears the name of the Marquis de La Fayette, hero of the American Revolutionary War.
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