Marco Cimarosti wrote:
27E7FB58F42CD5119C0D0002557C0CCA16B4C8@XCHANGE">This is the same in Belgium.John Cowan wrote:[...] House numbers in North America (and in France
also, it seems) have a few bits of meaning: the least-significant
(numeric) bit tells you which side of the street the house is on,
[...]
It is the same in Italy. I was quite surprised to know that also in other
countries even and odd numbers are on the opposite sides of the road.
I am curious whether another "rule" valid in Italy also applies in other
countries: here the numbering always starts on the end of the road which is
nearer to the center. When visiting Italian cities, I know whether I am
walking towards the suburbs or towards the center by the looking whether
house numbers increase or decrease.
Patrick Andries
