At one time
this enchanting little cobbled street, hidden away in the 12th arrondissement,
was a “secret place” few people knew about.
These days, however, Rue Crémieux
is an increasingly sought out haunt for fashion photographers, filmmakers, and
people looking for something uniquely suited the color-saturated world of
Instagram.
Don’t let
that put you off finding this charming little Parisian backstreet, though.
In
many respects this quaint throughway between Rue de Lyon and Rue de Bercy
doesn’t really feel like Paris at all, and is perhaps more reminiscent of
Portobello Road In London’s Notting Hill, or Burano in Venice.
Amid the
colorful façades, trompes l’œil paintings, and shuttered windows, are window
boxes and terracotta pots filled with lush plants that add to the feeling you
have somehow escaped Paris for a moment.
This is a residential street, albeit a
very short one, but the homes are not large. In fact, on one side of the street
the building is little more than one room in depth.
An
interesting fact that few visitors to Rue Crémieux probably realize is that the
street is actually named after a lawyer.
Jokes aside, it was renamed in 1897 in
dedication to Adolphe Crémieux, who defended the human rights of the Jewish
people living in France.
--atlastobscura.com
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