Rue Monnot (), is a

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. It is located east of

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, in the Sodeco neighborhood of the

Achrafieh Achrafieh () is an upper-class area in eastern Beirut, Lebanon. In strictly administrative terms, the name refers to a sector (''secteur'') centred on Sassine Square, the highest point in the city, as well as a broader quarter (''quartier''). In p ...

district, and named after Father Ambroise Monnot, a French Jesuit who founded the Saint Joseph University of Beirut in 1875. Rue Monnot is a one-way cobblestone street that runs on a south–north axis, starting at Avenue de l'

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and ending at Rue Charles Debbas. Attractions include a multitude of restaurants, shops, bars, and nightlife venues, and the street is alive with music every single night of the week. In 2004, ''Travel + Leisure'' named Rue Monnot as the best in the

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due to the dozens of bars and moody nightclubs lining both its sides. However it has today lost its post-Civil War prominence as the center of Beirut's Western-themed nightlife due to competition from other areas, such as Mar Mikhaël, Gemmayzeh,

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Street, and Badaro. /www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/02/19/travel/where-to-go-in-beirut.html New York Times-Badaro

References

Monnot, Rue Tourist attractions in Beirut Achrafieh {{Lebanon-geo-stub