6 rue Braque
Beautiful carriage entrance surmounted by a mascaron depicting Hercules wearing the skin of the Nemean lion. Two beautiful consoles carved in the Rocaille style.
30 rue des Francs Bourgeois
Beautiful pediment with ram heads on either side, griffins on the door.
21 rue Michel Le Comte
Very beautiful angled doorway.
43 rue Beaubourg
Monumental door frame adorned with two busts of Hermes.
67 rue de Turenne
Doors for carriages surmounted by three cow’s heads. These three cow’s heads were at the top of the three columns to the left of the door, which were the front of a butcher’s shop in the 19th century.
116 rue de Turenne
Scrolls above the door and windows on the first floor. Two large bas-reliefs depicting female figures frame the 1st-floor window.
121 rue de Turenne
Mascaron depicting a faun sticking out his tongue.
51 boulevard Beaumarchais
An angel with outstretched wings, crowned with laurels, sheathed like an Atlantean and holding a garland at arm’s length, stands on the key in the doorframe. Two small winged chimera heads on the door seem to answer him. Architect A. Sibert. Sculptor Rouillère. 1869
57 boulevard Beaumarchais
Important door frame with highly charged decoration: rosettes in the spandrels, a curious rounded frieze, rosettes deeply recessed in an archway ending in a fine beaded belt. The door is topped by a three-lobed transom.
67 boulevard Beaumarchais
A boar’s head in a mascaron flanked by oak branches adorns the door.
68 boulevard Beaumarchais
Two dragons adorn the building’s lintel. The door frame is decorated with a mixture of corncobs and pomegranates.
5 rue Béranger
Beautiful Rocaille-style door with two small trophies of quivers and arrows on the door wings. A wrought-iron oculus in the transom. 1725
13 rue Béranger
Stunning door with two ogee-shaped ironworks above the door wings. The lintel is flanked by two pairs of small consoles sculpted with small, bearded, moustachioed male busts.
3 rue Meslay
The two pillars are decorated with tables carved with classic Renaissance ornaments: fountains, foliage, birds and salamanders. A highly decorated niche in the center of the pediment houses a musical angel holding a viola da gamba between his legs. An inscription on the base reads Salue, a misinterpretation of Salve?
Other doors of interest:
| 110 rue Vieille du temple | Beautiful door typical of the Marais borough |
| 14 rue de Bretagne | Imposing Egyptian-style sheathed caryatids. Look at the stylized lion paws at their bases. Architect Henri Depussé. Sculptor A. Selonier. 1926 |
| 17 boulevard du Temple | Curved door decorated with two oval bull’s-eyes, framed by two very simple columns. |
| 24 rue Vieille du temple | Tympanum with 2 pegasi leaning on medallions |
| 45 rue des Archives | Door typical of the Marais borough |
| 57 rue de Turbigo | Huge caryatid or angel stretching 3 stories high, supporting a balcony with her head and two wings. She holds a sprig of myrrh and a purse. Sculptor Auguste Delange. 1859 |
| 61 rue des Archives | Two topless women, one front-on, the other back-on, frame a rooster. |
| 68 boulevard Beaumarchais | Two dragons adorn the lintel of the building. The door frame is decorated with a mixture of corn cobs and pomegranates. |
| 82 boulevard de Sébastopol | Two seated men, in profile, lean against the clasp adorned with a roaring lion’s head. |
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