Rue Du Pré De La Bataille
Rue du Pré-de-la-Bataille is a public thoroughfare in the Communes of France, French commune of Rouen. Located in the western part of the city, it belongs to the Pasteur-Madeleine district. Straight and 390 m long, it runs perpendicular to the right bank of the Seine. Its name reflects the memory of a Middle Ages, medieval battle that took place around 934 between the Normans, Norman chieftains Guillaume Longue-Épée and Riulf in a meadow at the entrance to the town. The meadow became known as Pré de la Bataille. In the 18th century, it became a fairground bordered by a street, which Rouen's municipal council decided to name rue du Pré-de-la-Bataille in 1833. This odonym is highly unusual; indeed, the humanist spirit of the 19th century sometimes evokes medieval values, but only exceptionally does it choose a place name. During the 19th century, the street doubled in length and became increasingly urbanized, with many factories and workshops moving in. In the 21st century, r ...
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Street
A street is a public thoroughfare in a city, town or village, typically lined with Building, buildings on one or both sides. Streets often include pavements (sidewalks), pedestrian crossings, and sometimes amenities like Street light, streetlights or Bench (furniture), benches. A street can be as simple as a level patch of Dirt road, dirt, but is more often pavement (material), paved with a hard, durable surface such as Tarmacadam, tarmac, concrete, cobblestone or brick. It can be designed for both social activity and movement. Originally, the word ''street'' simply meant a paved road (). The word ''street'' is still sometimes used informally as a synonym for ''road'', for example in connection with the ancient Watling Street, but city residents and urban planning, urban planners draw a significant modern distinction: a road's main function is transportation, while streets facilitate public interaction.
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