The Rue de Vaugirard (Street of Vaugirard) is the longest street inside
Paris
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's former city walls, at . It spans the
6th and
15th arrondissements. The
Senate, housed in the
Palais du Luxembourg
The Luxembourg Palace (french: Palais du Luxembourg, ) is at 15 Rue de Vaugirard in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. It was originally built (1615–1645) to the designs of the French architect Salomon de Brosse to be the royal residence of the ...
, is at 15 Rue de Vaugirard.
Location
The Rue de Vaugirard is mostly a one-way street from the southwest edge of Paris (at the Porte de Versailles) towards the
Latin Quarter
The Latin Quarter of Paris (french: Quartier latin, ) is an area in the 5th and the 6th arrondissements of Paris. It is situated on the left bank of the Seine, around the Sorbonne.
Known for its student life, lively atmosphere, and bistro ...
at the junction of Boulevard Victor and Boulevard Lefebvre. Traffic flows in both directions between the Rue de Rennes and the
Place de l'Odéon. Numbering starts in the Latin Quarter, reaching the 400s by Porte de Versailles. It the longest street in Paris.
History
The road, which appeared in the 15th century, led from
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* Philip II, Prince of Taranto (1329–1374)
* Philip II, Duke of Burgundy (1342–1404)
* Philip II, Duke of Savoy (1438-1497)
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's city walls towards the village of
Vaugirard. This route was itself based on an old
Roman road.
Origin of the name
"Vaugirard" came from an
old French
Old French (, , ; Modern French: ) was the language spoken in most of the northern half of France from approximately the 8th to the 14th centuries. Rather than a unified language, Old French was a linkage of Romance dialects, mutually intellig ...
noun-and-genitive construction "val Girard" = "vale of Girard" (Latin ''vallis Girardi''), after an ''
Abbé Girard'', who owned the land over which the road passes.
Sites of interest
A substantial chunk of
Line 12 of the Paris Métro follows the Rue de Vaugirard. The following stations have entrances on the road:
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Porte de Versailles''
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Convention''
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Vaugirard''
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Volontaires''
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Pasteur
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Falguière''
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Saint-Placide'' (
Line 4)
Gallery
See also
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6th arrondissement of Paris
The 6th arrondissement of Paris (''VIe arrondissement'') is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, it is referred to as ''le sixième''.
The arrondissement, called Luxembourg in a reference to the seat o ...
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15th arrondissement of Paris
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Latin Quarter, Paris
Streets in the 6th arrondissement of Paris
Streets in the 15th arrondissement of Paris