1. Residence with Madame de La Sablière

    · Hôtel de Madame de La Sablière, rue Neuve-des-Petits-Champs, Paris, France

    After losing his court employment, La Fontaine was received by Madame de La Sablière and lived in her household for roughly two decades; her Paris residence was on rue Neuve-des-Petits-Champs. The source dates his reception to the year after the duchess dowager's death in 1672; coordinates are a representative point on the historic rue Neuve-des-Petits-Champs.

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