Marché des Enfants Rouges

The Marché des Enfants Rouges is the oldest covered market in , . It was established in 1628 as the "petit marché du Marais" and is located at 39 Rue de Bretagne in the Marais arrondissement.
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  • Opening hours:
    Tuesday—Saturday: 8:30 AM—8:30 PM
    Thursday: 8:30 AM—9:30 PM
    Sunday: 8:30 AM—5:00 PM
  • Type: Marketplace
  • Description: Covered market in Paris
  • Also known as: Marché couvert des Enfants Rouges” and “Marche des Enfants Rouges

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Musée Picasso and Centre Georges Pompidou.

Museum
is an art gallery located in the Hôtel Salé in rue de Thorigny, in the Marais district of , , dedicated to the work of the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. is situated 320 metres south of Marché des Enfants Rouges.

Arts center
The Centre Pompidou, more fully the Centre national d'art et de culture Georges-Pompidou, also known as the Pompidou Centre in English and colloquially as Beaubourg, is a building complex in , France. is situated 740 metres west of Marché des Enfants Rouges.

Museum
The Musée des Arts et Métiers is an industrial design museum in that houses the collection of the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers, which was founded in 1794 as a repository for the preservation of scientific instruments and inventions. is situated 610 metres northwest of Marché des Enfants Rouges.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include 3rd arrondissement and Marais.

Photo: Pol, Public domain.
A quieter part of the ancient Marais neighbourhood which is centred in the , the 3rd is possibly one of the best places to live in . There are several good open air markets and lots of great local designer clothing stores.

Suburb
Photo: Luctor IV, Public domain.
The is a historic district in , . It spreads across parts of the and arrondissements on the Rive Droite, or Right Bank, of the .

The 4th is a good chunk of what used to be medieval Paris, and you'll find a lot left from that time on both islands and in the narrow streets of the lower Marais.

Marché des Enfants Rouges

Latitude
48.86278° or 48° 51′ 46″ north
Longitude
2.36197° or 2° 21′ 43″ east
Operator
EGS
Open location code
8FW4V976+4Q
Open­Street­Map ID
way 33134224
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­marketplace
Wiki­data ID
Q3289922
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Marché des Enfants Rouges”. Photo: Popolon, CC BY-SA 3.0.