Rue Weygand

Originally, the street was named Rue Nouvelle as it was a new thoroughfare constructed as part of a modernization plan in 1915.

[1] Upon its completion, the street was renamed after Maxime Weygand, the High Commissioner of French-mandated Syria and Lebanon who served from 19 April 1923 to 29 November 1924.

Jean Lauffray, the French archeologist, revealed that Rue Weygand followed the decumanus of the ancient Roman colonia of Berytus (from which the modern city of Beirut grew).

[5] Rue Weygand is a one-way street that runs east-west, beginning at Boulevard George Haddad and turning into Rue Georges Picot that cuts through the Jewish quarter of Wadi Abu Jamil.

[6] The Municipality of Beirut is located on the street along with exclusive designer shops and hotels, such as Le Gray.