There are narrow and short streets, such as Rue Visconti, which take them a long epic. On the left bank, in the heart of the 6Th District of Paris, this little “runner”, originally called “Rue Des Marais”, tells a large part of the history of the Saint-Germain-Des-Prés neighborhood. Since 1864, the street has been named Louis Visconti (1791-1853), the Tomb of Emperor Napoleon I in Les Invalides.
Let’s take the way reverse, venturing from the intersection with the Rue Bonaparte. Starting in this direction, the first section of the Visconti has no windows, with hardly any opening in the thick yellowish facades of Old Paris. No store or restaurant has dared to settle here, while exclusive clothing and decoration brands abound in neighboring streets, Rue Jacob or Seine Rue.
Street counter-rhythm is immediately surprising: little or no traffic, almost giving the feeling of being the first to find this short and austere privileged information shortcut in the bustling borrowers of Saint-Germain-Des. The narrowness of the opening prevents the sun from entering, condemning the alley in the perpetual shadow.
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