Location

The conference centre is located at the heart of Paris:
"23 Square Edouard VII 75009 Paris" (Access)

The “Square Edouard VII” development:
The square is a place for business, entertainment and luxury with offices, hotels, private apartments, shops and theatres. The Edouard VII area brings vibrance and excitement to the city centre.
The square stretches across one and a half hectares full of history. Located at the heart of the Opera-Madeleine-Vendôme “Golden Triangle”, the Edouard VII development sits side-by-side with Paris’ most famous department stores and luxury shops, not to mention its celebrated restaurants and prestigious hotels.

A friendly area with elegant architecture
Between 1995 and 1999, the Edouard VII area was renewed in one of the grandest renovations ever experienced in the Paris area.
Today, organised around a broad pedestrian precinct, planted with tree-lined patios and small squares dividing the various areas, the location encourages communication and sociability.
The facades are cut from stone and traditional plaster preserving the listed buildings throughout the precinct. Many of the new facades boast Saint Maximin and Bretigny stone conveying charm and elegance to the whole square.

The 9th arrondissement of Paris
The 9th arrondissement is one of the 20 ‘arrondissements’ (districts) of Paris and is located on the right bank of the Seine.
This arrondissement is particularly well served by public transport with 19 Metro stations in the area.
An extensive range of cultural activities are on offer, from the Opera Garnier, Place de l’Opera and from the theatres and the cinemas of the “Grands Boulevards”. The Opera or the Drouot Hotel attract tourists from around the world and more than 200,000 visitors to the area each day visit the exclusive shopping centres of the Chaussée d’Antin and the numerous banks in the southern part of the arrondissement.

Lists of monuments near the Edouard VII area

• Church of « la Madeleine » (8th arrondissement)
• Opéra Garnier
• Vendôme Column (1st arrondissement)
• Church of  « la Sainte-Trinité de Paris »

Attractions

• The Olympia concert hall
• The Opera Garnier
• The Museum of Romantic Life (hôtel Scheffer Renan)
• Edouard VII Theatre
• Athénée Louis Jouvet Theatre
• Mogador Theatre
• Madeleine Theatre
• Comédie Caumartin (Theatre)
• Tuileries Garden

History of the Edouard VII islet.
Until the 1760s, the area which is now the Rue Caumartin was covered with gardens and marshland, largely belonging to the Mathurin monks. These lands were sheltered by Louis XIV’s old city wall and then demolished in 1676 and transformed into patios planted with trees, forming today’s “Boulevard des Capucines”.

At the end of the 1770s, the Fermier Général  Charles-Marie Delahaye, a friend of the architect André Aubert, became involved in developing a part of the lands belonging to the Mathurins. Dalahaye and Aubert’s ambitious project involved the planned construction of 28 hotels, however only a few of them were actually built.

Le boulevard des Capucines au XIX siècle

In 1892, the famous "Olympia" concert hall was built with a facade specially designed to fit in with the area.
Within the outer limits of the islet lies a hidden, hard to access area: the heart of the islet.
A final modification gave the islet its name and its current appearance. In 1911, a broad programme encompassing both town planning and real estate development was carried out by the architect Nénot on the initiative of the Société de la rue Edouard VII. It involved buying up the lands occupied by the “Compagnie Générale des Petites Voitures” ; which kept 500 horses and 200 hackney cabs in the area.

Place Edouard VII en 1912

Since 1921, the area has been progressively occupied and privatised by the central offices of the “Société Générale” (a well-known French bank). And over time the Rue Edouard VII, now a private road closed off with barriers, has become the centre of daily life for the bank’s personnel.
In 1992, Société Générale decided to bring together its various Parisian branches by transferring them to “Val de Fontenay” and “La Défense” sites. The whole prestigious Edouard VII area of one and a half hectares was opened for development, offering an exceptional opportunity for a major town planning and architectural project in the centre of Paris.
The site opened and demolition began in November 1995.

Edward VII : the king
Edward VII was born on November 9th, 1841 the heir to the English throne, son of Queen Victoria, he was the first British monarch belonging to the house of Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha. He was crowned King of the United Kingdom and Ireland, King of the Commonwealth Realms and Emperor of India on 22 January 1901. He reigned from January 22, 1901 until his death, on May 6, 1910. Before his accession to the throne, Edward was Prince of Wales. He was heir to the throne for the second longest period in the history of the British monarchy, coming second only to his great-great-grandson Prince Charles, current Prince of Wales who hold the correct record since January, 28th, 2008.
The reign of Edward, now known as the Edwardian period, saw the first official recognition of the office of Prime Minister. Edward was the first British monarch to visit Russia in 1907. He played a part in the modernisation of the British fleet and in the reform of army medical services after the Boer War.