Rue Royale, Paris

Rue Royale, Paris

Rue Royale from the Place de la Madeleine to the Place de la Concorde
Length	282 m (925 ft)
Width	22.8 m (75 ft) between place de la Concorde and rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré; 43 m elsewhere
Arrondissement	8th
Quarter	Madeleine.
From	2 place de la Concorde
To	2 place de la Madeleine
Construction
Completion	April 22, 1732
Denomination	March 11, 1768

The rue Royale (French pronunciation: ​[ʁy ʁwajal]) is a short street in Paris, France running between the place de la Concorde and the place de la Madeleine (site of the Church of the Madeleine). Among the well-known addresses on this street is that of Maxim's restaurant, at number 3.

On 12 August 1843, the Rue Royale was the scene for a bizarre phenomenon, when tens of thousands of butterflies landed, causing chaos and swarming the shops and restaurants. The pillars of the Madeleine were, reportedly, "covered".

The rue Royale is in the city's 8th arrondissement.

There is also a Rue Royale in Brussels, Belgium, near the Royal Palace.