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Streets in Paris by arrondissement (20 C) A. Avenues (landscape) in Paris (1 C, 18 P) B. Boulevards in Paris (39 P) Q. Quais in Paris (10 P) Pages in category ...
Dictionnaire administratif et historique des rues de Paris et de ses monuments (in French). Paris: F. Lazare. Dictionnaire administratif et historique des rues de Paris et de ses monuments. "Recherche des rues de Paris" [Search the streets of Paris]. Paris.fr (in French). Mairie de Paris
The idea of the boulevard as a centre for leisure asserted itself during the 18th century, when numerous théâtres de la foire set up near the Porte Saint-Martin.The boulevard du Temple became affectionately known as "boulevard du Crime" during Bourbon Restoration, an allusion to the criminal acts portrayed there by stage actors.
Arguably the world's most famous street, "les Champs" is nearly an entire mile of retail and food therapy. Locals and tourists alike claim the street offers the best shopping in all of Paris.
Streets in the 8th arrondissement of Paris (1 C, 19 P) Streets in the 9th arrondissement of Paris (15 P)
The Boulevard Saint-Germain was the most important part of Haussmann's renovation of Paris (1850s and '60s) on the Left Bank. The boulevard replaced numerous small streets which approximated its path, including, from west to east (to the current Boulevard Saint-Michel), the Rue Saint-Dominique, Rue Taranne, Rue Sainte-Marguerite, Rue des Boucheries and Rue des Cordeliers. [1]
Rue Crémieux in 2012. The Rue Crémieux is a one-block pedestrian street in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, originally built as workers' housing.The street has been widely recommended to tourists for its quaint painted housefronts, and has become a popular destination for filming and for social media photos.
Go to the famous museums, but remember that the city has smaller galleries and cultural spaces, too. People line up for entry at the Louvre Museum in Paris. Kiran Ridley/Stringer/Getty Images