Celebrities stay at Jeu de Paume Hotel

The intellectual population on Ile Saint-Louis soared starting in the 19th century whose residents achieved some of Europe’s most celebrated advancements in politics and science. The famed Marie Curie (1867-1834), born Marya Sklodowska of Polish descent, lived at 36, Quai de Bethune.

Marie Curie (born Maria Skłodowska, also known as Marie Curie-Skłodowska; November 7, 1867 – July 4, 1934) was a physicist and chemist of Polish upbringing and, subsequently, French citizenship. She was a pioneer in the field of radioactivity, the first twice-honored Nobel laureate (and still the only one in two different sciences) and the first female professor at the University of Paris.

She was born in Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire, and lived there until she was 24. In 1891 she followed her elder sister to study in Paris, where she obtained her higher degrees and conducted her scientific work. She founded the Curie Institutes in Paris and Warsaw. She was the wife of fellow-Nobel-laureate Pierre Curie and the mother of a third Nobel laureate, Irène Joliot-Curie.

Historic and romantic hotel on Ile Saint Louis, Jeu de Paume Hotel