[An illustration of a ship, symbolizing the symbol of Paris]

Histoire de Paris

Porte Saint-Honoré
Ouverte en 1380 dans l’enceinte de Charles V, la seconde porte Saint-Honoré formait un carré d’un étage flanqué à chaque angle par une tour ronde. Jeanne d’Arc y tenta une offensive, le 8 septembre 1429, pour reprendre Paris aux Anglais. Mais elle eut la cuisse percée d’une flèche, alors qu’elle sondait le fossé rempli d’eau pour le faire combler avec des fagots. Le 19 janvier 1591, Henri IV envoya des soldats déguisés en meuniers se faire ouvrir la porte sous prétexte de ravitaillerles Parisiens assiégés:

[Illustration of the porte]

la "journée des farines" fut un échec, les Ligueurs avaient muré la porte. Après l’achèvement de l’enceinte dite de Louis XIll ou des Fossés Jaunes, la porte Saint-Honoré, devenue inutile, fut démolie en 1636.

One of the series of signs describing historical places in Paris. The signs were placed starting in 1992 and are also called sucettes Starck (Starck’s Lollipops) after Philippe Starck who designed them.

The sign describes the place where the Saint Honore gate stood, one of the gates of the city of Paris, which was used to enter the city from the west.

The place where the sign stands was photographed on the same day Click for a larger image

The illustration in the center of the sign is shown here at magnification Click for a larger image

On the house there is a plaque commemorating Joan of Arc whose injury is described on the current plaque Click for sign's details

Translation of the text on the sign:
[An illustration of a ship, symbolizing the symbol of Paris]

History of Paris

Porte Saint-Honoré
Opened in 1380 in the enclosure of Charles V, the second Saint-Honoré gate formed a one-story square flanked at each corner by a round tower. Joan of Arc attempted an offensive there, on September 8, 1429, to retake Paris from the English. But her thigh was pierced by an arrow, while she was probing the ditch filled with water to fill it with fagots. On January 19, 1591, Henry IV sent soldiers disguised as millers to have the door opened under the pretext of supplying the besieged Parisians:

[Illustration of the porte]

the “flour day” was a failure, the Leaguers had walled up the gate. After the completion of the enclosure known as Louis XIll or the Fossés Jaunes, the Saint-Honoré gate, which had become useless, was demolished in 1636.