Le Peletier (Paris Métro) Le Peletier (Paris Métro) Le Peletier is a station of the Paris Métro. It is named after Rue le Peletier, which was named after Louis Peletier, who was last but one "prévôt des marchands" (provost of merchants) between 1784 and 1789. This feudal position was abolished in the French Revolution. The Opéra National de Paris was located in the "Salle Peletier", in Rue le Peletier, between 1821 and 1873, when it was destroyed by fire. It was the first theatre to use gas lighting to illuminate the stage. It is located a short walk from Notre-Dame-de-Lorette station on line 12,
Paris during the Bourbon Restoration instead of shopping only in their own neighborhood. It was soon followed by two similar stores, "Aux Trois Quartiers" (1829) and "Le Petit Saint Thomas" (1830). These are considered by historians the ancestor of the modern department stores, which appeared in Paris the 1840s and 1850s. Another retail innovation took place in December 1824, when the store "la Fille d'honneur" at 26 rue de la Monnaie became to first store in France to put price tags on items. The Passage des Panoramas, opened at the very end of the 18th century, was a model for the new Parisian covered shopping