Avenue d'Italie

The Avenue d'Italie (French pronunciation: [avny ditali]) is one of the main communication axes of the 13th arrondissement of Paris. It goes from the Place d'Italie to the Porte d'Italie, crossing the Rue de Tolbiac [fr]. Line 7 of the Paris metro has four stations along the avenue.

Avenue d'Italie, 2005

Description

The avenue is 1,294 m long and 70 m wide. It takes its name from the destination of the travellers who used to continue straight after the Porte d'Italie. It is there that Nationale 7, a road linking Paris to the Italian border, begins.

The Avenue d'Italie is part of the Maison-Blanche district, and separates two very different parts of the 13th arrondissement: the Butte-aux-Cailles district on one side, and the Chinese district on the other.