Europe Alley

1 europe

1.1 france

1.1.1 lyon s traboules


1.2 italy

1.2.1 venice


1.3 germany
1.4 sweden

europe
france
lyon s traboules

traboule, vieux lyon, france

the traboules of lyon passageways cut through house or, in cases, whole city block, linking 1 street another. distinct other alleys in enclosed within buildings , may include staircases. while found in other french cities including villefranche-sur-saône, mâcon, chambéry, saint-Étienne, louhans, chalon sur saône , vienne (isère), lyon has many more; in there 500. word traboule comes latin trans ambulare, meaning cross , , first of them possibly built 4th century. roman empire disintegrated, residents of lyon—lugdunum, capital of roman gaul—were forced move fourvière hill banks of river saône when aqueducts began fail. traboules grew alongside new homes, linking streets run parallel river saône , going down river itself. centuries used people fetch water river , craftsmen , traders transport goods. 18th century invaluable had become city’s defining industry, textiles, silk. nowadays, traboules tourist attractions, , many free , open public. traboules on private property, serving entrances local apartments.

italy
venice

venice largely traffic free city , there is, in addition canals, maze of around 3000 lanes , alleys called calli (which means narrow). smaller ones callètte or callesèlle, while larger ones calli large. width varies on 50 centimetres (19.7 in) 5–6 metres (196.9–236.2 in). narrowest calletta varisco, 53 centimetres (20.9 in); calle stretta 65 centimetres (25.6 in) wide , calle ca’ zusto 68 centimetres (26.8 in). main ones called salizada , wider calli, trade proliferates, called riga , while blind calli, used residents reach homes, ramo.

germany

spreuerhofstraße world s narrowest street, found in city of reutlingen, baden-württemberg, germany. ranges 31 centimetres (12.2 in) @ narrowest 50 centimetres (19.7 in) @ widest. lane built in 1727 during reconstruction efforts after area destroyed in massive citywide fire of 1726 , officially listed in land-registry office city street number 77.

lintgasse alley (german: gasse) in old town of cologne, germany between 2 squares of alter markt , fischmarkt. pedestrian zone , though 130 metres long, nevertheless famous medieval history. lintgasse first mentioned in 12th century in lintgazzin, may derived basketmakers wove fish baskets out of linden tree barks. these craftsmen called lindslizer, meaning linden splitter. during middle ages, area known platēa subri or platēa suberis, meaning street of quercus suber, cork oak tree. lintgasse 8 14 used homes of medieval knights still can seen signs zum huynen, zum ritter or zum gir. during 19th-century lintgasse called stink-linkgaß, because of poor air quality.

a view of spreuerhofstraße in germany, showing sign indicating world s record narrowest street


sweden

gränd swedish alley , there numerous gränder, or alleys in gamla stan, old town, of stockholm, sweden. town dates 13th century, medieval alleyways, cobbled streets, , historic buildings. north german architecture has had strong influence in old town s buildings. of stockholm s alleys narrow pedestrian footpaths, while others narrow, cobbled streets, or lanes open slow moving traffic. mårten trotzigs gränd ( alley of mårten trotzig ) runs västerlånggatan , järntorget prästgatan , tyska stallplan, , part of consists of 36 steps. @ narrowest alley mere 90 cm (35 inches) wide, making narrowest street in stockholm. alley named after merchant , burgher mårten trotzig (1559–1617), who, born in wittenberg, emigrated stockholm in 1581, , bought properties in alley in 1597 , 1599, opening shop there. according sources late 16th century, dealing in first iron , later copper, 1595 had sworn burgher oath, , later become 1 of richest merchants in stockholm.

mårten trotzigs gränd, 90 cm wide, narrowest alley in gamla stan, stockholm, sweden

possibly referred trångsund ( narrow strait ) before mårten trotzig gave name alley, mentioned in 1544 tronge trappe grenden ( narrow alley stairs ). in 1608 referred trappegrenden ( stairs alley ), map dated 1733 calls trotz gränd. closed off in mid 19th century, not reopened until 1945, present name officially sanctioned city in 1949.

the list of streets , squares in gamla stan provides links many pages describe other alleys in oldest part of stockholm; e.g. kolmätargränd (coal meter s alley); skeppar karls gränd (skipper karl s alley); skeppar olofs gränd (skipper olof s alley); , helga lekamens gränd (alley of holy body).