Place d’Aligre
Place d’Aligre sits in Paris’s twelfth arrondissement, at the centre of the historic Aligre neighbourhood. Rue d’Aligre and Rue de Cotte divide the square around two market spaces. The open-air Aligre Market brings together fruit sellers and antique dealers, while the covered Beauvau Market offers French and Italian delicacies, fresh fish, poultry, and dairy products.
Nicolas Lenoir laid out the square in 1778, originally calling it Place du Marché Beauvau. The square gained its current name in 1867 to honour Étienne François d’Aligre, an Ancien Régime figure. Renovation between 2005 and 2006 replaced asphalt with large paving stones across the area.
Wine and hot chocolate give the market setting an easy place to pause among Parisian life. North African, Portuguese, and Italian influences appear in the neighbourhood’s food culture.
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