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Place Beauvau

Place Beauvau

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Place Beauvau (English: Beauvau Square) is a public square in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, at the intersection of the Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré, Avenue de Marigny, Rue des Saussaies and Rue de Miromesnil. It is located in the La Madeleine neighbourhood, next to the Élysée Palace.

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Place Beauvau is the site of the Hôtel de Beauvau, the official residence of the French Minister of the Interior, and is used as a metonym for the ministry.

Hôtel de Beauvau

Place Beauvau is best known for the Hôtel de Beauvau, a palace built by the architect Nicolas Le Camus de Mézières around 1770 for the prince, Charles Juste de Beauvau-Craon. In 1859, the Government of France purchased the building and installed the French governor-general of Algeria there. However, Victor Fialin, the duke of Persigny, who was Minister of the Interior under Napoleon III, arranged for his ministry to be moved from the Rue de Grenelle, in the 7th arrondissement, to this location.

The Hôtel de Beauvau has housed the Ministry of the Interior since 1861; "Place Beauvau", or simply "Beauvau", is often used in French news media as a metonym for the ministry. The buildings to the north of the square are devoted to various services of the ministry.

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Metro station

The Place Beauvau is:

Located near the Métro stations: Miromesnil, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Madeleine.

It is served by lines 1, 8, 9, 12, 13, and 14.
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