Square d'Orléans

The Square d'Orléans

Plaque commemorating the residence of George Sand at the Square d'Orléans

The Square d'Orléans (also known as the cité des Trois-Frères), is a residential square in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, at 80, rue Taitbout.

The square was designed by the English architect Edward Cresy,^[1] and built in 1829 on land that had originally belonged to the family of the musician Daniel Auber. The original entry to the square was at 36, rue Saint-Lazare. The name 'Square d'Orléans' was probably a tribute to Louis Philippe of the Orléans family, who became King of France in 1830.^[2] ('Trois-Frères', the alternative name for the square, is the name of a former part of rue Taitbout).

The facades of the interior courtyard are decorated by porches with Ionic half-pillars, in a style that is analogous to that of the terraces of Regent's Park, London, (e.g. Cumberland Terrace), designed by John Nash in the 1820s.^[3]

The Square became a fashionable residence in which many celebrities of the July monarchy period took apartments, including Frédéric Chopin, George Sand, Marie Taglioni, Alexandre Dumas and Charles-Valentin Alkan.^[4]

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• Centorame, Bruno "Le square d'Orléans", Mairie du Neuvième, Paris (in French), accessed 19 July 2013.
• François-Sappey, Brigitte and François Luguenot (2013). Charles-Valentin Alkan. In French. Paris: Bleu Nuit. ISBN 978-2-35884-023-1.
• Goodwin, Gordon rev. Diana Cressy Burfield, "Cresy, Edward" in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online, accessed 20 July 2013. (subscription required)

Coordinates: 48°52′39″N 2°20′10″E / 48.8774°N 2.3360°E / 48.8774; 2.3360