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With all the streets that I mentioned in my last post, I thought it would be fun to give you a few facts about some of them. For example the distinction between streets, boulevards, and avenues in Paris is that streets don’t have trees whereas boulevards and avenues do. There are, however, a few exceptions where some streets do have trees, such as the Rue d’Alésia, Rue de Tolbiac, and the Rue de la Convention.
The only avenue that doesn’t have trees is the Avenue de l’Opéra. The reason for this obviously was not to obstruct the view of the famous Opéra house by …read more
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