22 April 2008

A year of streets

Following on from the last post, another one about street names. There's quite a lot of South American streets which take their names from dates. I want to see if I/we can compile a whole year's worth.

For example, here's just a handful of what I've found so far: 20 de febrero, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Rua 25 de março, São Paulo, Brasil; 1° de mayo, El Calafate, Argentina; Rua 24 de maio, Porto Alegre, Brasil; Straße des 17. Juni, Berlin, Deutschland; 18 de julio, Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay.

I've compiled what I've found so far, put them together on a page that I am calling A year of streets.

If you can help fill in the (substantial) gaps, it would be great if you could email me (craig AT flipflopflyin DOT com) or leave a comment below.

15 Comments:

Blogger cn said...

Lots of streets an avenues in México named:

5 de Mayo (May 5, battle of Puebla day)
15 de Mayo (May 15)
20 de Noviembre (November20, Revolution day)
16 de Septiembre (September 16, Independence day)

Im' looking on Guía Roji (a map system for México; http://guiaroji.com.mx) and I got this results searching for México City only, for January only:

January:
2
3
4
5
6
8
10
11
13
15
16
19
21
22
25
30

So... you might as well fill your gaps with just Mexican calles (streets). :)

23 April, 2008 00:02  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I think there is one in Cancun called Rua da injury time goal al Chelsea

23 April, 2008 00:26  
Anonymous Solange said...

La Paz, Bolivia:
Avenida 16 de julio
Calle 6 de agosto

23 April, 2008 00:56  
Blogger Badalo said...

also in porto alege
rua 7 de setembro
rua 24 de outubro
travessa 19 de Março

23 April, 2008 03:57  
Blogger Craig said...

Thank you, people. That's great.

And to whoever is the anonymous coward who keeps leave comments about football now and again: grow some testicles and leave you name, you fucking chicken.

23 April, 2008 15:06  
Anonymous Stephen Jackson said...

There's lots of Rue Du Quatorze Juillets in France, unsurprisingly. My favourite one is in Cognac.



Oh, and about the footy - console yourself with how ugly and awkward the song would sound...

"We won it six times, we won it six tii-iii-iiimes. In Moscow, we won it six times"

Eugh.

23 April, 2008 16:18  
Anonymous vanessa said...

corso xxii marzo--milan, italy

23 April, 2008 21:22  
Blogger Craig said...

Updated version now online. Thanks again.

cn: not had chance to go through the DF thingy yet, but will do and add your suggestions later.

24 April, 2008 01:31  
Anonymous Solange said...

Rua 5 de julho, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Rua 28 de setembro, Belém, Pará, Brasil

Travessa 14 de março, Belém, Pará, Brasil

24 April, 2008 04:57  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Craig you are such a geek!

24 April, 2008 10:40  
Blogger Justin Abbott said...

I used to teach at a Lycée on Boulevard du Huit Mai (May 8th), in Calais, France.

24 April, 2008 21:37  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

viale 21 aprile, roma
viale 30 aprile, roma
via 24 maggio, roma
via 20 settembre, roma
viale 11 agosto, firenze
piazza 4 novembre, firenze

27 April, 2008 15:13  
Blogger wow gold said...

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30 April, 2008 09:23  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Avenida 16 de Septembre in Juarez, Mexico (not the only city with that street name, but the only one I've been to).

07 May, 2008 05:11  
Blogger Fabrício said...

May 11th: Avenida 11 de Maio in Presidente Prudente, Brazil

16 May, 2008 17:01  

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