Marché aux fleurs Reine-Elizabeth-II
Appearance
(Redirected from Queen Elizabeth II Flower Market)
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Location | Place Louis Lépine on the Île de la Cité |
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Coordinates | 48°51′18″N 2°20′49″E / 48.8551°N 2.3469°E |
Address | 75004 Paris 4ème |
Opening date | 1808 |
Environment | Originally outdoors, now in iron pavilions |
Goods sold | Flowers and birds |
Days normally open | Daily with birds only on Sundays |
The Marché aux fleurs Reine-Elizabeth-II is a flower market in Paris. It was formerly known as the Marché aux fleurs et aux oiseaux Cité but was renamed for Queen Elizabeth II after a state visit in 2014.[1]
It sells caged birds on Sundays but this trade has been forbidden on the grounds of animal welfare and so is expected to cease after a period of renovation and reorganisation scheduled from 2023 to 2025.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Laura Coll (15 September 2022), "Le Marché aux fleurs Reine Elizabeth II, une balade bucolique enchanteresse à l'Ile de la Cité", Paris Secret
- ^ Marie-Anne Gairaud (29 January 2021), "Paris : le marché aux oiseaux en passe de disparaître", Le Parisien