The Rue d'Alésia is a major street in the south of
Paris
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, which runs along the entire east-west length of the
14th arrondissement. It is one of the few streets in Paris named after a
French
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defeat, or more precisely, a
Gallic defeat: the
Battle of Alesia
The Battle of Alesia or siege of Alesia (September 52 BC) was the climactic military engagement of the Gallic Wars, fought around the Gauls, Gallic ''oppidum'' (fortified settlement) of Alesia (city), Alesia in modern France, a major centre ...
. Lined with acacia trees, the street extends to the east as the
Rue de Tolbiac into the
13th arrondissement, and to the west as the
Rue de Vouillé
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into the
15th arrondissement
The 15th arrondissement of Paris () is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, it is referred to as ('the fifteenth').
The 15th arrondissement, called , is situated on the left bank of the River Seine. ...
. It intersects the
Avenue du Général Leclerc at the
Place Victor et Hélène Basch (or simply Alésia), the location of the
Église Saint Pierre de Montrouge, as well as of the
Alésia Métro station.
Mahmoud Hamshari, the representative of the
Palestine Liberation Organization
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to France, was assassinated by
Mossad
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agents at his home in the Rue d'Alésia on 8 December 1972.
References
Alesia, Rue de
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