Place de la Pucelle-d'Orléans is a square in Rouen, located south of Place du Vieux-Marché. It includes underground parking and has a history linked to successive fountains, including one discovered during parking works in 1994.
Place du Maréchal-Lyautey is a square in Lyon on the left bank of the Rhône. It includes a monumental fountain, a flower kiosk, a playground, and underground parking, and offers views of several prominent city landmarks.
Place Gutenberg is a square on Strasbourg’s Grande Île, developed around 1100. It is centered on a statue of printer Johannes Gutenberg and bordered by the Neue Bau, the former town hall of Strasbourg.
Avenue Marceau is a major street in western Paris, France. It runs from Place Charles de Gaulle toward Avenue du Président-Wilson and forms the boundary between the 8th and 16th arrondissements. The avenue is primarily an upscale residential street.
Montée de Choulans is a steep public traffic route in Lyon, France. It forms the main access route to Fourvière hill from the Saône riverbank and has a slope of 5.4%.
Place Rihour is a square in Lille city centre, adjacent to Place du Général-de-Gaulle. It is connected to Jean-Roisin, Rue de la Vieille Comédie, and Rue du Palais-Rihour, and served by the Rihour metro station below it.
Place Saint-Marc is a square in Rouen, located in the Saint-Marc–Croix de Pierre–Saint-Nicaise district. Served by the TEOR, it includes underground parking and a Cy'clic station. Its name comes from the chapel Saint-Marc.
Rue Sainte-Catherine is a street in Lyon with a long history of changing names and urban transformations. It is linked to a former place Sainte-Catherine, wartime aid activities, and a nightlife scene that developed there in the late 20th century.
Montée du Chemin-Neuf is a street in the Vieux Lyon district of Lyon. It is one of the two main communication routes between Saint-Jean and Saint-Just, with a 69-meter elevation difference and a steep slope.
Place Camille Jullian is a square opened in 1934 in the dense urban fabric of the city center. It occupies the space left vacant after the demolition of an unhealthy block and was later studied, renovated, and adapted.
The Forum of Arles was an ancient Roman forum located at the intersection of the cardo maximus and decumanus. It consisted of a large paved square, originally framed by four monumental porticos, of which only two fragments survive.
Quai de la Daurade is a riverfront street in Toulouse, in the Capitole district. It runs along the Garonne near the former prieuré de la Daurade and basilique Notre-Dame-de-la-Daurade, linking place du Pont-Neuf with place de la Daurade.
Place du Salin is a square in Toulouse, at the boundary between the Carmes and Saint-Étienne neighborhoods. It is a tree-lined urban space bordered by the Palais de justice and the temple du Salin, and crossed by several streets and a shuttle route.
Rue Garibaldi is a wide, long street in Lyon, crossing the 3rd, 6th and 7th arrondissements. Named after Giuseppe Garibaldi, it was built gradually during the 19th century and later extended by the addition of Rue Rave in 1913.
Antonin-Poncet Square is a public square in Lyon’s Bellecour quarter, in the 2nd arrondissement. Located on the Presqu'île between Place Bellecour and the Rhône, it includes lawns, fountains, benches, and access to Rue des Marronniers.
Place de la Mairie is a rectangular pedestrian square in Rennes. It is bordered by the city hall on the west and the opera on the east, with streets and access to rue Le Bastard to the north. Its history includes archaeological remains, rebuilding after the 1720 fire, and later transport uses.
Cours Saint-Pierre and Cours Saint-André are public promenades in central Nantes. Established among the city’s first public promenades, they were laid out on former vacant land outside the city walls and form a tree-planted perspective between Quai Ceineray and Place Duchesse-Anne.
Place du Trente-Octobre is a circular square in Dijon where several major roads converge. Its surroundings show varied architecture, from Haussmannian buildings near boulevard Carnot to more contemporary styles. The square is linked to local history and remembrance.
Place du Parlement-de-Bretagne is a square in Rennes created after the fire of 23 December 1720. Its name comes from the Parlement de Bretagne palace on the north side, and its surrounding facades are protected as historical monuments.
Avenue Berthelot is a street in Lyon’s 7th and 8th arrondissements. It links the Gallieni Bridge to Place du 11-Novembre 1918 along an east-west axis and continues via Avenue Jean Mermoz.
Place des Célestins is a square in the 2nd arrondissement of Lyon, France. In its current form, it dates from the beginning of the 19th century and takes its name from the Célestine religious order present there from 1407 to 1778.
Place Général-Mellinet is an octagonal square in Nantes’s Dervallières-Zola district, at the center of the Mellinet micro-district. It is surrounded by historic mansions with symmetrical Restoration-style façades and a central cast-iron statue of General Mellinet.
Place Louis-Pradel is a square in Lyon’s Terreaux district, in the 1st arrondissement. It links the city centre, including the city hall and Place des Terreaux, to the Rhône quays and is served by Lyon metro lines A and C.
Place du Change is a square in Lyon attested since 1487 and created in 1584. Its history is linked to exchange operations, the former Maison Ronde, and the later Temple du Change.
Place Saint-Louis is a square in Lyon’s 7th arrondissement, in the La Guillotière neighborhood. It is mainly occupied by parking spaces. Its name changed several times in the 19th century before returning to Place Saint-Louis.
Montée de la Grande Côte is a street in the La Croix-Rousse quarter of Lyon’s 1st arrondissement. It links the Terreaux quarter and the Plateau de la Croix Rousse and is marked by its high elevation, narrow lower section, and long association with the city’s canuts history.
Place Dominique-Martin-Dupuy is a public square in Toulouse, in southern France. Located in the heart of the Dominique-Martin-Dupuy district, it connects several streets and is served by city bus lines, Linéo services, and nearby François-Verdier metro access.
Place de la Bourse is a rectangular pedestrian square in Lyon’s Cordeliers district. It is bordered by rue de la République, rue de la Bourse, the palais de la Bourse, and three 18th-century houses, with granite paving, paths, planting, and benches.
Place Gilleson is a square in Lille, Nord, France, in the Vieux-Lille district near Notre-Dame-de-la-Treille cathedral. It stands on the site of the former Lille motte castrale and lies near the city’s original core, once shaped by canals, roads, and medieval fortifications.
Place du Général-de-Gaulle is a square in Marseille at the intersection of la Canebière and rue Paradis, facing the Palais de la Bourse. Its history includes earlier urban layouts, archaeological remains, and later redevelopment.
Rue de Marseille is a street in Lyon that extends from Place Gabriel Péri in the north to Rue Raoul Servant in the south. It carries a one-way automobile lane and part of tramway Line 1.
Place Émile-Zola is a square bordered by rue Monge and reached by rue François-Jouffroy and cour Madeleine. It has plane trees and a stone basin sculpted with aquatic animals, and it was long the neighborhood market square.
Place de la Comédie is a square in the Terreaux district of Lyon, France, located beside the opera. Its history is closely linked to the Grand Théâtre, later the opera house, and to the surrounding urban layout.
Avenue des Frères-Lumière is a street in Lyon’s Monplaisir district. It honors Auguste and Louis Lumière, French industrialists, and recalls their major role in the invention of cinema.
Porte de Valenciennes is a public urban square in Lille, France, at the site of a former city gate of the city walls. Created in 1860, it marked a fortified enclosure and later became part of a district reshaped after demolition in the 1930s.
Place Grangier is a square in Dijon whose site was occupied from the end of the Middle Ages by the Dijon castle. It was later redeveloped in the early 20th century and includes buildings, a monument, and contemporary sculpture.
Place Pey-Berland is a square in Bordeaux, in the French department of Gironde, near Cours d’Alsace et Lorraine and Palais Rohan. It is associated with major monuments and archaeological remains.
Place Canclaux is a square in the Dervallières-Zola neighborhood of Nantes. It is formed by several intersecting streets and includes a fenced central area with about twenty chestnut trees, as well as two aubettes.
Étienne-Esquirol is a square in Toulouse, southern France. Once a narrow square dominated by a church and a hall, it later became a major urban crossroads and remains one of the city’s busiest public spaces, with a metro station and underground parking.
Place d'Austerlitz is a square in Strasbourg, located in the Quartier de la Bourse, part of Bourse - Esplanade - Krutenau south of the Grande Île. It features several notable artworks and urban elements, including fountains, a plan-relief, and Point de convergence.
Place Saint-Pierre is a square in Toulouse, near the Garonne River and within a notable heritage site. It includes the Saint-Pierre-des-Cuisines church, converted into an auditorium for the city’s conservatory, and several bars.
Place de la République is a square in Lyon’s Presqu'île. It divides rue de la République into two sections and is crossed by rue Childebert to the south, with several streets and passages opening onto it.
Place Jean-Macé is a square named after Jean Macé (1815–1894), a politician, journalist, and teacher. It forms part of the urban fabric of the district and includes several notable buildings and public features.
Rue de Brest is a major commercial street in the center of Lyon. It runs parallel to rue du Président-Édouard-Herriot and rue de la République, extends rue Paul-Chenavard, and opens onto Place des Jacobins. Its name honors the city of Brest.
Rue des Marronniers is a small paved pedestrian street in Lyon’s Bellecour quarter, in the 2nd arrondissement. Known for its many bouchons, it lies within a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is served by Bellecour metro station and several bus lines.
Cours Cambronne is a garden square in the city center of Nantes. It is accessed by wrought iron gates, bordered by identical buildings, and arranged with plantings, flower beds, and bowling greens. A statue of Pierre Cambronne stands at its center.
Rue Victor-Hugo is a pedestrian street in Lyon’s Presqu’île, running north–south between Place Bellecour and Place Carnot. Together with rue de la République, it forms one of Europe’s largest pedestrian and commercial streets.
rue Édouard-Herriot is one of the main shopping streets of Lyon’s Presqu’île district. It links place Bellecour in the south with place des Terreaux in the north and runs through the 1st and 2nd arrondissements.