Rue des Rosiers, Historic Jewish street in Le Marais, Paris, France.
Rue des Rosiers is a pedestrian street in Paris that links Rue Malher with Rue Vieille du Temple across 303 meters in the fourth arrondissement. Between bookshops, delicatessens and jewellery workshops, low facades with wrought iron balconies and painted wooden doors line the route.
The street was already built up by 1230 along the Philippe Auguste wall, whose stones remain in the Jardin des Rosiers – Joseph-Migneret at no. 10. Jewish presence fluctuated with the expulsions of 1306 and 1394. Between 1881 and 1914 about 20,000 immigrants fleeing Romania, Austria-Hungary and Russia settled in the quarter, giving the Pletzl its Yiddish-speaking Ashkenazi character.
The name comes from rosebushes growing in neighbouring gardens in 1230. The street forms the centre of the Pletzl, Yiddish for "little place". An exception to Paris shopping hours lets cafés and shops open on Sundays and holidays, drawing Jewish and non-Jewish crowds.
On weekdays the street is calmest in the mornings, while afternoons and evenings see more visitors passing through. Restaurants and bakeries open continuously on Sundays, which is not always the case during the week.
Several facades still carry small mezuzah cases beside the doorposts, a sign of religious tradition in the public space. The street is among the few in Paris to carry officially bilingual signage.
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