Ellie Ultra

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Haussmann's Renovation of Paris, List of Boulevards Named After Marshals of France, Wall of Philip Ii Augustus, Paris, Boulevard Saint-Michel, City Walls of Paris, Boulevard Saint-Germain, Boulevard de L'hôpital, Boulevards of Paris, Boulevard Des Italiens, Thiers Wall, City Gates of Paris, Wall of Charles V, Paris, Boulevard Auguste-Blanqui, Boulevard Des Capucines, Boulevard Raspail, Boulevard Du Temple, Boulevard de Clichy, Boulevard de Magenta, Boulevard de Rochechouart, Boulevard de Sébastopol, Boulevard Haussmann, Boulevard Montmartre, Boulevard de La Madeleine, Boulevard Du Montparnasse, Boulevard de La Zone, Boulevard Richard-Lenoir, Boulevard de La Chapelle. Excerpt: 13e Arrt. Boulevard Auguste-Blanqui The Boulevard Auguste-Blanqui is a boulevard in the13th arrondissement of Paris . It is one of the main arteries linking the Place d'Italie with the Place Denfert-Rochereau . The boulevard is 1040 metres long, and approximately 70 metres wide, it starts from the Place d'Italie and extends to Rue de la Santé, on the edge of the 14e arrondissement, where it becomes the Boulevard Saint-Jacques. It traverses the ancient valley of the Bièvre . The boulevard is named after the French thinker and socialist revolutionary Louis Auguste Blanqui (1805-1881). History The boulevard occupies the site of the ancient Wall of the Farmers-General . Originally, the roadways ran alongside the wall, which was knocked down in the 1860s. Their former names were : item on the inside was Boulevard des Gobelins between Place d'Italie and Rue de la Glacière (as distinct from the Avenue des Gobelins which also starts from the Place d'Italie) Central reservation The "boulodrome" and musical kiosk the central reservation below the métro's overhead section memorial to the Children of the 13th arrondis...