Cité Florale

The Floral Cité is a microphone-district located in the 13 {{E}} district of Paris, in France.

Description

The Floral City is located at the south of the Quartier of the White House, near the Ligne of Small Belt and of the Boulevards of the Marshals; the ring road, the Park Montsouris, the Stage Charléty and the university residence are in a close vicinity.

Wedged between the Street Boussingault, the Street Auguste Lançon and the Street Brillat Savarin, this small district forms a triangular zone made up of houses to the flowered gardens, accessible via small streets carrying from the names of flowers. The aspect of this zone strange, because is surrounded by buildings definitely more modern.

Each house which composes the floral city has its own garden; the streets are paved, have trees and bear names of flowers:

Street of Glycines
Street of the Irises
Street of the Bindweeds
Street of the Orchises
Street of Volubillis
Public garden of the Mimosas

History

The Floral City was built in 1928 on a triangular zone, old pre regularly flooded by the Bièvre. This characteristic was worth to him not to be able to shelter buildings: the district was thus completely urbanized with small houses.

Access

The Floral City is accessible by the streets Brillat Savarin and Auguste Lançon, just beside the Place of Rungis.

The public transport closest is:

the RER: station University residence (the RER B)
Subway: station Corvisart (line 6)
Drunk:

21: stop Admiral Mouchez-Charbonnel
67: stop Rungis
513: stops places of Rungis or Vergniaud
PC1: Long Lines

See too

Small Alsace
Place of the Abbot-Georges-Hénocque

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