Rue de l'Abbaye [SEP] named after
Rue de l'Abbaye
Rue de l'Abbaye is a commercial street in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, named after the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. It has a length of some 170m and runs from the Rue Guillaume Apollinaire to the Rue de l'Echaudé. The street itself dates from 1800 although the land it runs over has a much longer history.
Transportation.
The area is served by the following stations of the Paris Métro:
- Saint-Germain-des-Prés (approx. 90
streets and squares.
- Place du 18-Juin-1940
- Rue de l'Abbaye
- Rue de l'Ancienne Comédie
- Rue André-Mazet
- Rue d'Assas
- Rue Auguste Comte
- Rue de Beaux Arts
- Rue Bonaparte
- named after Napoleon 1
- Rue Bréa
- Rue de Buci
- named after Simon de Buci, President of the "Parlement" of Paris, who had purchased the Gate Saint-Germain (now demolished) in 1350
- Rue des Canettes
- Rue Cassette