III.1.1. A WALK WHERE CULTURES MIX

TWO STREETS PIERCE THROUGH THE SOUTHEASTERN FRINGE...

(AVENUES DE CHOISY AND D'IVRY)

And an area that is French and Asian.

Adapted from Mappy

Pharmacy on avenue de Choisy

Start with avenue de Choisy

• "Porte" (gate) de Choisy 

• Come to the "Arc of Fraternity"

• There and nearby, cultures intertwine

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 3.1.2.

 "Porte" (gate) de Choisy 

3.1.1. "PORTE" (GATE) DE CHOISY

 

Follow Avenue de Choisy to the crossroad:

Adapted from a Google map

   

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3.1.2. 

Come to "L'Arc de la Fraternité"

COME TO "L'ARC DE LA FRATERNITÉ"

IT THANKS FRANCE FOR WELCOMING REFUGEES

(AT 72 AVENUE DE CHOISY)

Since 2014, The City has allocated 5% of its investment budget (100 million euros in 2018) to projects that citizens propose and vote for, in the fields of health, education, environment, the arts, sports... .  

La Grande Arc de la Fraternité by Georges Rousse, 2015

It comes from the neighborhood vote in 2015

Voting in front of the 13th's City Hall

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There and nearby, cultures intertwine

THERE AND NEARBY, CULTURES INTERTWINE

A poster in the neighboring Gaul area suggests that some passers-by can read Chinese...

Sign next to a French bookstore on rue de Tolbiac...

Learned through the classes given next door?

 

 

     Rue Sthrau

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This street cannot be more everyday French with a pharmacy and Franprix superette on one side, or more 13th with construction and a mural on the other...

Rue Ponscarme

A Korean hairdresser appeared there in 2025.

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The next section,

3.1.2.

Colors of streets and shops