Allée Claude Cahun–Marcel Moore

Parisian street

48°50′47″N 2°19′43″E / 48.84639°N 2.32861°E / 48.84639; 2.32861FromBoulevard Raspail, Rue de FleurusToRue HuysmansConstructionCompletion1607

Allée Claude Cahun–Marcel Moore is a street in Montparnasse in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France.

History

It was named after French artists and Resistance fighters Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore.^[1]

The couple had its workshop and live Notre-Dame-des-Champs, close to the street.

This is the first street in the world named officially after a same-sex couple.^[2]

Notre-Dame-des-Champs (Paris Métro) has access on the street, designed on a rambla style (with the entrance located on a central sidewalk).

^ "Délibération du Conseil de Paris". Archived from the original on 17 November 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
^ Homophobie, Stop (19 June 2019). "Anne Hidalgo honore la mémoire des militants des luttes LGBTQI". Association STOP HOMOPHOBIE | Information – Prévention – Aide aux victimes (in French). Archived from the original on 10 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.