Rue Corneille

Rue Corneille is a relatively modern thoroughfare in Avignon, established in eighteen forty-three during a period of urban expansion. The street takes its name from the seventeenth-century French playwright Pierre Corneille, reflecting the city’s intent to associate the area with the performing arts. It sits directly beside the municipal theatre, a location chosen because planners sought to honor classical literary figures near the venue where their works might be staged.