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.
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.
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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). :)
I think there is one in Cancun called Rua da injury time goal al Chelsea
La Paz, Bolivia:
Avenida 16 de julio
Calle 6 de agosto
also in porto alege
rua 7 de setembro
rua 24 de outubro
travessa 19 de Março
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.
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.
corso xxii marzo--milan, italy
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.
Rua 5 de julho, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Rua 28 de setembro, Belém, Pará, Brasil
Travessa 14 de março, Belém, Pará, Brasil
Craig you are such a geek!
I used to teach at a Lycée on Boulevard du Huit Mai (May 8th), in Calais, France.
viale 21 aprile, roma
viale 30 aprile, roma
via 24 maggio, roma
via 20 settembre, roma
viale 11 agosto, firenze
piazza 4 novembre, firenze
Avenida 16 de Septembre in Juarez, Mexico (not the only city with that street name, but the only one I've been to).
May 11th: Avenida 11 de Maio in Presidente Prudente, Brazil
Here's a couple with May and October in the Netherlands:
5 mei-plein, Maarn, NL
5 Meiplein, Utrecht, NL
Zes-Oktoberlaan, Woensdrecht, NL
(Zes means 6)
8 Oktoberstraat, Helden, NL
28 Oktoberstraat, Roosendaal, NL
11 Oktoberstraat, Koggenland, NL
Impa
In Spain you'll find many:
Calle 2 de Mayo
Calle 10 de Octubre
Calle 9 d'Octubre (in the Valencian Country)
Would you like me to get pics for you?
In Milano, again:
piazza 6 Febbraio
piazza 8 Novembre
and in Monterotondo (Rome)
via 2 Giugno
xx
Plaza del 2 de Mayo, Madrid, Spain
good luck!!!
Vijfde Januaristraat, Sint-Gillis, België
(Vijfde meaning fifth)
7 januaristraat, Maastricht, Nederland
Once again, I want to say thanks for all of your contributions; it's great to have you all involved.
Craig
Avenida 20 de Julio, Bogota, Colombia
Avenida 1 de Mayo, Bogota, Colombia
Puente del 7 de Agosto, Boyaca, Colombia
Was just reading the back of a bottle of adidas shower gel and discovered there is a 'rue du 4 Septembre' in Paris as this is where the 'adidas department' of the Coty company is based. Probably one of the more interesting things I've learnt from reading the back of a shower gel bottle!
If you promise to look after it, I will happily donate Via Ottobre 26 to your worthy cause ... it's in Sestu, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy.
Proof if it's needed: http://www.google.it/maps?f=q&hl=it&geocode=&q=ottobre+cagliari&sll=41.442726,15.205078&sspn=24.005698,35.288086&ie=UTF8&ll=39.303213,9.088783&spn=0.00606,0.008615&z=17&iwloc=addr
Ooh, we've also got Via 12 Dicembre and I didn't even know it. Again, Cagliari, Sardinia.
More proof (I know it's not needed, but I think you should add some level of rigour to your endeavour. Rigour = fun as we all well know.): http://www.google.it/maps?f=q&hl=it&geocode=&q=dicembre+cagliari&sll=41.442726,12.392578&sspn=12.018933,17.644043&ie=UTF8&z=16&iwloc=addr
Dan and the anonymous dudes: Thank you!
Rua 2 de julho, Salvador - Bahia - Brasil
http://maps.google.com.br/maps?f=q&hl=pt-BR&geocode=&q=2+de+julho&sll=-14.179186,-50.449219&sspn=66.868941,107.226563&ie=UTF8&ll=-12.977126,-38.518324&spn=0.03471,0.052357&z=14&iwloc=addr
:-)
These are all in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico.
I've taken pictures. Yes, I am a geek.
Calle 5 de Febrero
Plaza 31 de Marzo
Calle 28 de Agosto
Avenida 20 de Noviembre
and some you already have, but still:
Calle 1o de Marzo (primero, that is)
Avenida 16 de Septiembre
Hola!
In the city of Tijuana BC, Mexico there is an Avenida 20 de Noviembre. Great project!
Ana
In Strasbourg, France there is a Rue du 22-Novembre.
Now I'll be spending time at work looking out for these across France.
More street names, all three are in France. It's amazing what you come by on a day-to-day basis and never really notice:
Rue 6 Septembre in Montois-la-Montagne
Place du 8 Septembre in Besançon
Rue du 19 Janvier in Rueil-Malmaison
I'm happy to say, this project is complete. Every date of the year has a street named after it. Even 29 February. Yay.
Thank you all so much for your help.
What about taking another step and adding in front of each date what happened on this specific day that has given this name to the street/place/etc. ?
That would be great !
next step, a calendar!
I know you already have one for it, but here's a former Polish street for 3rd May, renamed by the Nazis. I don't know if its name was restored after the Nazis were defeated.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Warsaw_3_maja_Bahnhofstrasse.jpg
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