Rue Monnot

{{Short description|Street in Beirut, Lebanon}} thumb|Rue Monot in the morning, looking East towards Sodeco Square '''Rue Monnot''' ({{langx|ar|شارع مونو}}), is a street in Beirut, Lebanon. It is located east of Beirut Central District, in the Sodeco neighborhood of the Achrafieh district, and named after Father Ambroise Monnot, a French Jesuit who founded the Saint Joseph University of Beirut in 1875.<ref>Kassir, Debevoise, and Fisk. ''Beirut'', page 183</ref>

Rue Monnot is a one-way cobblestone street that runs on a south–north axis, starting at Avenue de l'Independence and ending at Rue Charles Debbas. Attractions include a multitude of restaurants, shops, bars, and nightlife venues, and the street is alive with music every single night of the week.<ref>Carter, Dunston, and Thomas. ''Syria and Lebanon'', page 261</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703440604575495354276085846|title=Rediscovering Beirut's Charms|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=24 September 2010|last1=Anderson|first1=Brooke}}</ref> In 2004, ''Travel + Leisure'' named Rue Monnot as the best in the Middle East due to the dozens of bars and moody nightclubs lining both its sides.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/back-in-action/2|title=Beirut is Back}}</ref> However it has today lost its post-Civil War prominence as the center of Beirut's Western-themed nightlife due to competition from other areas, such as Mar Mikhaël, Gemmayzeh, Hamra Street, Uruguay Street, and Badaro.<ref>[//www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/02/19/travel/where-to-go-in-beirut.html New York Times-Badaro] </ref>

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Monnot, Rue Category:Tourist attractions in Beirut Category:Achrafieh