Rue d'Alésia

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Rue d'Alésia is a major street in the south of Paris, which runs along the entire east-west length of the XIVe arrondissement. It is one of the few streets in Paris named after a French defeat, or more precisely, a Gallic defeat: the Battle of Alesia. Lined with trees, the street extends to the east as Rue de Tolbiac into the XIIIe arrondissement, and to the west as Rue de Vouillé into the XVe arrondissement. It intersects Avenue du Général Leclerc at the Place Victor et Hélène Basch (Carrefour Alésia), the location of the Église Saint Pierre de Montrouge, as well as of the Alésia Métro station.