Rue du Prévôt’s was previously named rue Percée simply because it was built between two other streets.
  

The corner of rue Charlemagne and rue du Prévôt, with the street signs from centuries earlier. Seen here is an abbreviation of rue Charlemagne’s previous name, rue des Prêtres Saint-Paul.

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