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Rue De La Huchette
The Rue de la Huchette () is one of the oldest streets running along the Rive Gauche in Paris, France. Running eastward just below the Seine river from the Place Saint-Michel, it is today an animated Latin Quarter artery with one of the highest concentrations of restaurants in the city, Greek cuisine, Greek specialties predominating. It is situated between the Boulevard Saint-Michel and the Rue du Petit-Pont and faces the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris. This almost exclusively pedestrian street is very popular with tourists. Disdained by some guidebooks as "Bacteria Alley", the street nevertheless has an intense night life with no fewer than four pubs and several bars. The street is celebrated by the American writer Elliot Paul, who lived there in the 1920s and 30s, in ''The Last Time I Saw Paris'' (1942). History The Rue de la Huchette existed as early as 1200 as the ''Rue de Laas'', a road running adjacent to a walled vineyard property known then as the ''Clos du Laas''. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5th Arrondissement Of Paris
The 5th arrondissement of Paris (''Ve arrondissement'') is one of the 20 Arrondissements of Paris, arrondissements of Paris, the capital city of France. In spoken French, this arrondissement is referred to as ''le cinquième''. The arrondissement, also known as Panthéon, is situated on the Rive Gauche of the Seine, River Seine. It is one of the capital's central arrondissements. The arrondissement is notable for being the location of the Latin Quarter, Paris, Latin Quarter, a district dominated by universities, colleges, and prestigious high schools since the 12th century when the University of Paris was created. It is also home to the National Museum of Natural History, France, National Museum of Natural History and Jardin des plantes in its eastern part. The 5th arrondissement is also one of the oldest districts of the city, dating back to Ancient history, ancient times. Traces of the area's past survive in such sites as the Arènes de Lutèce, a Ancient Rome, Roman amphithea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bugle
The bugle is a simple signaling brass instrument with a wide conical bore. It normally has no valves or other pitch-altering devices, and is thus limited to its natural harmonic notes, and pitch is controlled entirely by varying the air and embouchure. History :''See also Clarion'' and ''Natural trumpet'' The English word ''bugle'' comes from a combination of words. From French, it reaches back to ''cor buglèr'' and ''bugleret'', indicating a signaling horn made from a small cow's horn. Going back further, it touches on Latin, ''buculus,'' meaning bullock. Old English also influences the modern word with ''bugle'', meaning "wild ox." The name indicates an animal's (cow's) horn, which was the way horns were made in Europe after the fall of the Western Roman Empire. The modern bugle is made from metal tubing, and that technology has roots which date back to the Roman Empire, as well as to the Middle East during the Crusades, where Europeans re-discovered metal-tubed trum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St-Michel - Notre-Dame (Paris RER)
Saint-Michel is the name or part of the name of many places. ''Michel'' is French for ''Michael'', and in most cases, these placenames refer to Michael (archangel). Places In Canada * Saint-Michel, Montreal, a neighbourhood in the Montreal borough of Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension and a former city from 1912 to 1968 * Saint-Michel, Quebec, a parish municipality south-east of Montreal * Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, a municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec * Saint-Michel-des-Saints, Quebec, a municipality in the Lanaudière region * Saint-Michel-du-Squatec, Quebec, a parish municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region * Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska, a town and former municipality now part of Yamaska, Quebec * Saint-Michel-de-Rougemont, a community in Rougemont, Quebec * Saint-Michel or Saint-Michel-de-Wentworth, a community in the Laurentian Hills of Wentworth-Nord, Quebec * Saint-Michel, a defunct federal electoral district * Mont-Saint-Michel, Quebec, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RER C
RER C is one of the five lines in the Réseau Express Régional (English: Regional Express Network), a hybrid commuter rail and rapid transit system serving Paris and its suburbs. The line crosses the region from north to south. Briefly, between September 1979 and May 1980, the line was known as the ''Transversal Rive Gauche''. The line is operated by SNCF. The line runs from the northern termini Pontoise (C1), Versailles-Château-Rive-Gauche (C5) and Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (C7) to the southern termini Massy-Palaiseau (C2), Dourdan-la-Forêt (C4) and Saint-Martin d'Étampes (C6). The RER C line is the second-longest in the network, created from an amalgamation and renovation of several old SNCF commuter lines, unlike RER A and B which had newer sections owned and constructed by RATP. Each day, over 531 trains run on the RER C alone, and carries over 540,000 passengers daily, 150,000 passengers more than the entirety of the TGV network. It is the most popular RER li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cluny - La Sorbonne (Paris Métro)
Cluny () is a commune in the eastern French department of Saône-et-Loire, in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. It is northwest of Mâcon. The town grew up around the Benedictine Abbey of Cluny, founded by Duke William I of Aquitaine in 910. The height of Cluniac influence was from the second half of the 10th century through the early 12th. The abbey was sacked by the Huguenots in 1562, and many of its valuable manuscripts were destroyed or removed. Geography The river Grosne flows northward through the commune and crosses the town. Population See also * Cluniac Reforms * Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department The following is a list of the 563 communes of the Saône-et-Loire department of France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories inclu ... References External links Official website(in French) * Communes of Saône-et-Loire Burgundy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris Métro Line 10
Paris Métro Line 10 is one of 16 Paris métro, metro lines in Paris, France. The line links in Boulogne-Billancourt in the west with , traveling under the neighborhoods situated on the Rive Gauche in the southern half of Paris and the commune of Boulogne-Billancourt. Its two termini are and . The line is entirely underground and stretches across 23 stations. It has the least traffic of any of the 14 main metro lines (excluding lines Paris Métro Line 3bis, 3bis and Paris Métro Line 7bis, 7bis). Initially, the MA 51 model trains, which had previously been used on Paris Métro Line 13, Line 13 until it joined Paris Métro Line 14, Line 14, circulated on the tracks of Line 10. These trains were first constructed with three cars on four Bogie, bogies per train, and two trains permanently connected to make six cars per train, having an equivalent capacity to five cars on the classic metro trains. Because of the ineffectiveness of the MA 51 model, it was eventually completely re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Michel (Paris Métro)
Saint-Michel is the name or part of the name of many places. ''Michel'' is French for ''Michael'', and in most cases, these placenames refer to Michael (archangel). Places In Canada * Saint-Michel, Montreal, a neighbourhood in the Montreal borough of Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension and a former city from 1912 to 1968 * Saint-Michel, Quebec, a parish municipality south-east of Montreal * Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, a municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec * Saint-Michel-des-Saints, Quebec, a municipality in the Lanaudière region * Saint-Michel-du-Squatec, Quebec, a parish municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region * Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska, a town and former municipality now part of Yamaska, Quebec * Saint-Michel-de-Rougemont, a community in Rougemont, Quebec * Saint-Michel or Saint-Michel-de-Wentworth, a community in the Laurentian Hills of Wentworth-Nord, Quebec * Saint-Michel, a defunct federal electoral district * Mont-Saint-Michel, Quebec, a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris Métro Line 4
Line 4 () is one of the sixteen lines of the Paris Métro rapid transit system and one of its three fully automated lines. Situated mostly within the boundaries of the City of Paris, it connects Porte de Clignancourt (Paris Métro), Porte de Clignancourt in the north and Bagneux–Lucie Aubrac (Paris Métro), Bagneux-Lucie Aubrac in the south, travelling across the heart of the city. Until its southern terminus was changed from Porte d'Orléans (Paris Métro), Porte d'Orléans to Mairie de Montrouge (Paris Métro), Mairie de Montrouge in 2013, the line was sometimes referred to as the Clignancourt – Orléans Line. At in length, it connects with all Paris Métro lines apart from the very short Paris Métro Line 3bis, 3bis and Paris Métro Line 7bis, 7bis branch lines, as well as with all 5 Réseau Express Régional, RER express lines. It also serves three of the Paris Railway stations, Gare du Nord, Gare de l'Est, and Gare Montparnasse. It is the second-busiest Métro line aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rue Du Chat-qui-Pêche
The Rue du Chat-qui-Pêche (, ) is considered the narrowest street in Paris. It is only wide for the whole of its length. It is in the 5th arrondissement, on the Rive Gauche of the Seine, and runs from the Quai Saint-Michel to the Rue de la Huchette. History Built in 1540, it then ended on the bank of the river Seine. While the Rue du Chat-qui-Pêche is the narrowest street in Paris by overall width, it is not the narrowest by minimum width. Accordingly, the status of "narrowest" street in Paris is also conferred on the Sentier des Merisiers in the 12th arrondissement, with a minimum width of , and the Passage de la Duée in the 20th arrondissement, which had a minimum width of before one side was redeveloped in 1970. Origin of the name The original name was the ''Rue des Étuves'' () or ''Ruelle des Étuves'', and at various times it has also been known as the ''Rue du Renard'' (not to be confused with the current Rue du Renard, in the 4th arrondissement) and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led Military career of Napoleon, a series of military campaigns across Europe during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1796 to 1815. He led the French First Republic, French Republic as French Consulate, First Consul from 1799 to 1804, then ruled the First French Empire, French Empire as Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1814, and briefly again in 1815. He was King of Italy, King of Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic), Italy from 1805 to 1814 and Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine, Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine from 1806 to 1813. Born on the island of Corsica to a family of Italian origin, Napoleon moved to mainland France in 1779 and was commissioned as an officer in the French Royal Army in 1785. He supported the French Rev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Théâtre De La Huchette
The Théâtre de la Huchette () is a theatre in Paris. This small theatre in Paris' Left Bank, located at 23 rue de la Huchette in the 5th arrondissement, is known for playing Eugène Ionesco's absurdist double-bill of ''The Lesson'' and ''The Bald Soprano'' in permanent repertory since 1957, as ''Spectacle Ionesco''. Today, a third play is presented and this changes from time to time. Despite the theatre's tiny size of only 85 seats, a total of over one and a half million spectators have attended the show. The theatre's first production, by Georges Vitaly, was ''Albertina'' by Valentino Bompiani. The date was 26 April 1948. In 1951, he premièred Georges Schehadés first play ''Monsieur Bobl'le''. In 1952, Marcel Pinard took over as owner, and brought to the theatre the works of Jean Genet, Federico García Lorca, Ivan Turgenev, Eugène Ionesco and Jean Tardieu. The closest métro and RER stations are: Saint-Michel and Saint-Michel – Notre-Dame. History The theater w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rue Xavier Privas
''Ruta graveolens'', commonly known as rue, common rue or herb-of-grace, is a species of the genus ''Ruta'' grown as an ornamental plant and herb. It is native to the Mediterranean. It is grown throughout the world in gardens, especially for its bluish leaves, and sometimes for its tolerance of hot and dry soil conditions. It is also cultivated as a culinary herb, and to a lesser extent as an insect repellent and incense. Etymology The specific epithet ''graveolens'' refers to the strong-smelling leaves.J. D. Douglas and Merrill C. Tenney Description Rue is a woody, perennial shrub. Its leaves are oblong, blue green and arranged bipinnately with rounded leaflets; they release a strong aroma when they are bruised. The flowers are small with 4 to 5 dull yellow petals in cymes. The first flower in each cyme is pentamerous (five sepals, five petals, five stamens and five carpels. All the others are tetramerous (four of each part). They bear brown seed capsules when pollinate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
