Building façades on the south-east side of rue Madame de Sévigné, looking towards l’église Saint-Paul, rue Saint-Antoine and rue de Rivoli. Formerly named rue de culture Sainte-Catherine, the street is named after Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (1626–1696), who lived in what is now the hôtel Carnavalet from 1677.