MONOPOLY Paris ...

Monopoly has been teaching children since 1935 how to make a fortune by buying land and building houses. The game was created during the Depression by an unemployed engineer who made a fortune from it. The French game with the streets of Paris was created in 1936, in the middle of the Popular Front, quite a paradox!


It was while I was walking around the 7th arrondissement that the name of the Avenue de Breteuil was suddenly associated with the green card so highly valued by the players of Monopoly. So what if we stroll like we're on a Monopoly board? Come on, the dice are rolling!

I remember that in ‘Monopoly’, 

avenue de Breteuil is green, avenue Henri-Martin is red and avenue Mozart is orange...


I remember .... by Georges Pérec

First Stroll


 15th district:


  • Rue du Départ - Avenue de Breteuil - Rue Lecourbe - Gare Montparnasse
    Rue de Vaugirard and then through the district up north and cross Seine river at pont de Grenelle

 16th district:

  • Avenue Mozart - Avenue Henri Martin - Avenue de Neuilly - Avenue Foch 

 8th, 9th and 2nd districts:

  • Avenue des Champs Elysées - Avenue Matignon  - rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré
  • Boulevard des Capucines - rue de la Paix

Texte / Photos : Martine Combes

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