About The Marais and Place des Vosges
The Place des Vosges began as the Place Royale, built by Henry IV between 1605 and 1612: a perfect square of 140 by 140 meters. It got its current name in honor of the Vosges département, the first to pay the taxes for a revolutionary army campaign. Tax punctuality earned one of the city's most beautiful squares.
Victor Hugo lived at number 6 from 1832 to 1848, and the apartment is now a museum. From there, walk to Rue des Rosiers, the heart of the Jewish quarter known as the Pletzl. The shops on the street open on Sundays, an exception to Paris's trading rules, and so the sidewalk fills up just when the rest of the city rests.
