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Set off from Avenue Bugeaud, in the heart of the embassy belt in the western 16th arrondissement of Paris, and head east.
- Ruadhán Mac Cormaic
- The Irih Times
This elegant street, a short hop from the Élysée Palace, is named after Thomas Robert Bugeaud, France’s first governor-general of Algeria, whose name is synonymous with…
From Avenue Bugeaud, take the Métro southeast towards the Luxembourg Gardens.
At 2 Avenue de l’Observatoire you’ll find a building belonging to the École Nationale d’Administration, a