Rue Huvelin is a street located east of Beirut Central District

Beirut Central District

The Beirut Central District or Centre Ville is the name given to Beirut’s historical and geographical core, the “vibrant financial, commercial, and administrative hub of the country.” At the heart of Lebanon’s capital, Beirut Central District is an area thousands of years old, traditionally a...

 in the neighborhood of Achrafieh

Achrafieh

Achrafieh, , is one of the oldest Christian districts of East Beirut, Lebanon.-Overview:It is located on a hill in the eastern part of Beirut alongside the shore. Achrafieh is both a residential and commercial district characterized by narrow winding streets and prestigious large apartment and...

. The street is named after Paul Huvelin

Paul Huvelin

Paul Huvelin was a French legal historian and specialist in the study of the earliest forms of Roman law.Huvelin spent almost all his career teaching in the law faculty of the University of Lyon which he joined in 1899...

, a French legal historian who founded the law school of the Université Saint-Joseph

Université Saint-Joseph

Saint Joseph University is a private Catholic higher institute of education founded by the Jesuits in 1875 in Beirut, Lebanon, known for its school of medicine and its hospital, Hôtel-Dieu de France. The Lebanese state officially recognizes the university and the diplomas it grants in accord with...

 in Beirut in 1913. The street was home to the campus of the Petit Collège and Grand Collège of Collège Notre Dame de Jamhour

College Notre Dame de Jamhour

Collège Notre-Dame de Jamhour is a private French-language, Jesuit catholic educational institution set in Jamhour . Its campus is set in a pine forest, and includes Petit Collège, Grand collège, a church, and a recently built sports complex...

 before relocating in the 1950s to the mountain town of Jamhour, Lebanon.

Rue Huvelin is a one-way street that runs east-west from Rue du Liban towards Rue Monnot

Rue Monnot

Rue Monnot , is street in Beirut, Lebanon. The street is located east of Beirut Central District in the Sodeco neighborhood of Achrafieh which is one of the "Christian quarters" of Beirut...

, intersecting Rue Petro Trad. Some landmarks nearby are the historic Campus of Social Sciences of the Université Saint-Joseph

Université Saint-Joseph

Saint Joseph University is a private Catholic higher institute of education founded by the Jesuits in 1875 in Beirut, Lebanon, known for its school of medicine and its hospital, Hôtel-Dieu de France. The Lebanese state officially recognizes the university and the diplomas it grants in accord with...

 and the Saint-Joseph Jesuit Church. The street is considered an extension of Rue Monnot

Rue Monnot

Rue Monnot , is street in Beirut, Lebanon. The street is located east of Beirut Central District in the Sodeco neighborhood of Achrafieh which is one of the "Christian quarters" of Beirut...

's vibrant bar and restaurant scene although on a lower scale with mainly affordable student hangouts such as, Bistrot Germanos.

In Film

Rue Huvelin was the filming location of Mounir Maasri's 2011 film that was also titled, Rue Huvelin. The film told the story of seven, Université Saint-Joseph

Université Saint-Joseph

Saint Joseph University is a private Catholic higher institute of education founded by the Jesuits in 1875 in Beirut, Lebanon, known for its school of medicine and its hospital, Hôtel-Dieu de France. The Lebanese state officially recognizes the university and the diplomas it grants in accord with...

students during the Syrian occupation of Lebanon.