Square d'Orléans

You are approaching a destination that defies its name. Despite being called a square, this is a private residential complex composed of three interconnected courtyards hidden behind a nondescript gate at eighty rue Taitbout. Built in eighteen twenty-nine by the British architect Edward Cresy, the site feels more like a London mews than a traditional Parisian neighborhood. The architecture features elegant facades adorned with Ionic half-columns, a style modeled after the terraces of Regent's Park in London. Because it was designed as a quiet sanctuary, the complex long served as a magnet for the city's creative elite during the Romantic era.