Rue Mouffetard, one of the odest streets in Paris

The Rue Mouffetard or La Mouffe, as Parisians like to call it, is one of the oldest streets in Paris.

It was open by the Romans about 2000 years, and was then in the extension of the Roman Cardo (the current Rue St-Jacques).

It connected Antic Paris or Lutetia to Italy via the cities of Ivry-sur-Seine, Fontainebleau and Lyon.


This ancient path ran down the southern slope of the Montagne Sainte-Geneviève, or Mons Lucotitius as the Romans called it then.

The Rue Mouffetard is today one of the most picturesque, lively and colourful market streets in Paris and is lined with countless restaurants and bars.