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He is pretty famous in France. Most cities have a street with his name, everybody learn about him in school. I think a lot of people don’t consider him that imp
by louhike 5y ago
He is pretty famous in France. Most cities have a street with his name, everybody learn about him in school. I think a lot of people don’t consider him that important compared to other french personalities.
- doe88 5y agoThat’s funny, i was going to agree with you that he certainly was famous enough to have his street name… then i thought about it and i must say i’m now more persuaded than ever that he is not really famous in france not even by this low threshold, because in my n=1 sample, i’ve never seen a rue lafayette or avenue lafayette of my life!
- genera1 5y agoRue La Fayette in Paris is quite an important street, next to Gare du Nord, and is a part of Haussmann's renovation
- Manozco 5y agoIt's even in the Monopoly ;)
- jvzr 5y agoThere's a boulevard in my city named after him. According to autocomplete, there's at least six another french cities having such a boulevard. The big store "Galeries Lafayette" is also named after the street in which the first store was opened.
- benhurmarcel 5y agoIf you mention Lafayette to a French person, he’ll most likely think of the department store, not the person.