Bonne-Nouvelle, Administrative quarter in 2nd arrondissement, Paris, France.
Bonne-Nouvelle is an administrative quarter within the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, sitting between the Grands Boulevards and the area around the Rue du Sentier. It sits at the edge of the old textile district and is bordered by streets lined with mid-rise Haussmann-era buildings.
The quarter takes its name from the church of Notre-Dame-de-Bonne-Nouvelle, built in the 17th century on the site of an earlier chapel. In the 19th century, Haussmann's urban works reshaped the area by cutting through new wide roads that replaced older, narrower streets.
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The quarter is easy to walk through and is well served by metro stations along the Grands Boulevards. It is best visited during the day, when the local shops, cafes, and street activity are at their most accessible.
The church that gave the quarter its name still holds paintings from the 17th and 18th centuries that most visitors walk past without noticing. One of them is by Jean-Baptiste Jouvenet, one of the most recognized French painters of that period.
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