Rue du Chat-qui-Pêche: The Street of the Fishing Cat

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Rue du Chat-qui-Pêche (“Street of the Fishing Cat”) is a narrow lane with a charming name in Paris’s 5th arrondissement, on the Left Bank in the Latin Quarter near the Sorbonne. It is 1.8 meters wide and 29 meters long, connecting Quai Saint-Michel to Rue de la Huchette.

Built in 1540, the street was once called Rue des Étuves (“Street of the Ovens”) and Rue du Renard (“Street of the Fox”). It took its current name from a shop sign on the street that showed a cat fishing.

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Further reading: Wikipedia

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