Location: 13 Rue de l'Ancienne Comédie, 75006 Paris, Paris.
Founded in 1686, Paris's oldest café and intellectual gathering place. Voltaire drank 40 cups of coffee daily here. Rousseau, Diderot, Benjamin Franklin, and revolutionaries Danton, Marat, and Robespierre plotted. Napoleon left his hat as collateral when he couldn't pay. Revolutionary and Enlightenment history in every corner.
Period recorded for this site: 17th century.
Theme: Iconic Shops.
Coordinates: 48.85278, 2.33944.
This plaque is a stop on these walks: French Revolution: Bastille & Revolutionary Paris, Historic Passages & Arcades of Paris, Saint-Germain Writers - Essentials.
On French Revolution: Bastille & Revolutionary Paris: Le Procope, Paris's oldest café (1686), where Danton, Marat, Robespierre, and revolutionaries plotted over coffee. Marat's table and desk are still displayed.
On Historic Passages & Arcades of Paris: Le Procope (1686), Paris's oldest café where Voltaire, Rousseau, Diderot, and revolutionaries gathered. Revolutionary fervor was born over coffee and debate.
On Saint-Germain Writers - Essentials: Le Procope, the oldest café in Paris (1686) where Voltaire, Diderot, and Benjamin Franklin gathered.
Other plaques within a few minutes' walk: Passage du Commerce-Saint-André (37 m); Ecole rue du Jardinet (38 m); Cour du Commerce Saint-André (Santa Claus Is a Stinker, 1982) (40 m); Gilbert Cesbron (41 m); Plaque 'Here Fell...' – Rue Danton (55 m).