Rue du Gros-Horloge
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| Coordinates | 49°26′31.322″N 1°05′4.061″E / 49.44203389°N 1.08446139°E |
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| From | Place de la Cathédrale |
| To | Place du Vieux-Marché |
The Rue du Gros-Horloge is the main public pedestrian thoroughfare in the French city of Rouen.[1]
Origin of the name
[edit]It takes its name from the Gros Horloge, one of the emblematic monuments of the city.
Historical
[edit]It is possible that the street is located on the axis corresponding to the decumanus of the Gallo-Roman city of Rotomagus, the former name of Rouen.
In 1527, the street was spanned by a stone arch, which then led to the old town hall.
It bore the names of "Grande-Rue", "rue Courvoiserie", "rue Courvoyserie", "rue Massacre", "rue Vanterie", "rue Wanterie" before reverting to the name "Grande-Rue" during the Revolution before taking its current name.[2]
In 1932, the first Monoprix store in France opened there, under the name Noma, a contraction of “nouveau magasin” (new store).
In 1971, the street became the first pedestrian street in France.[3]
References
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- Eustache de la Quérière, Description historique des maisons de Rouen, Paris, Firmin Didot, 1821
- Arnaud Perinelle and Véronique de Haas, Rouen : Le Gros-Horloge, Condé-sur-Noireau, Charles Corlet, 1982, 32 p. (ISBN 2-85480-033-8, OCLC 461979910)