the rue de la liberté was named rue de condé before the french revolution. a part of the street, from the coin du miroir to the place d'armes (now place de la libération), was drilled in 1724. previously, the street included the rue des forges and reached the back of the palais des ducs. the name "coin du miroir" is linked to a hotel in the old rue saint-jean at the corner of the streets guillaume and gondrans and which belonged to the abbaye notre-dame du miroir. this hotel, composed of a square tower which displays on its first floor large ogival openings in the wall, crenellated and surrounded by ditches, was demolished in 1767.