Rue Bailly, a discreet pearl in Paris's 3rd arrondissement, wraps itself around history like a fine embroidery on the city's ancient fabric. Its name, inherited from the bailiff of the Abbey of Saint-Martin-des-Champs, resonates like an echo of the past. Before the creation of Rue de Turbigo and Rue Réaumur, this artery was made up of two small 18th-century streets, forming a mysterious "L", which merged in 1878 to create the Rue Bailly we know today.

The buildings that line this street, par...