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. _ Marco
