at no. 5, stood a mansion where mary magdalene of castile and nicolas fouquet lived from 1651 to 1658. she brought a dowry to this vast parish located in saint-nicolas-des-champs, at the corner of future streets michel-le-comte, the temple and montmorency. the mansion belonged until 1624 to the montmorency family. nicolas fouquet was nominated by anne of austria superintendent of finance in 1653. theophile de viau also lived there. a magnificent neoclassical fountain is still visible in the garden of the current hotel thiroux lailly.