In
landscaping, an
avenue or
allée is traditionally a straight with a line of
trees or large
shrubs running along each side, which is used, as its French source
venir ("to come") indicates, to emphasize the "coming to," or
arrival at a landscape or
architectural feature. In most cases, the trees planted in an avenue will be all of the same
species or
cultivar, so as to give uniform appearance along the full length of the avenue. The French term
allée is used for avenues planted in parks and landscape gardens, as well as
boulevards such as the
Grande Allée in
Quebec City, Canada, Bologna Alley in
Zagreb and
Karl-Marx-Allee in
Berlin.