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Boulevard Auguste Blanqui

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Length
  
1,040 m (3,410 ft)

To
  
77, rue de la Santé

Arrondissement
  
13th arrondissement

From
  
12, place d'Italie

Denomination
  
17 janvier 1905

Major cities
  
Paris

Boulevard Auguste-Blanqui

Width
  
68 to 70 m (223 to 230 ft)

The Boulevard Auguste-Blanqui is a boulevard in the 13th arrondissement of Paris. It is one of the main arteries linking the Place d'Italie with the Place Denfert-Rochereau.

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Map of Boulevard Auguste Blanqui, 75013 Paris, France

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 14th 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 :

  • on the outside was the Boulevard d'Italie between Place d'Italie and Rue de la Glacière,
  • but which became the Boulevard de la Glacière beyond Rue de la Glacière,
  • 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)
  • but which became Boulevard Saint-Jacques beyond Rue de la Glacière.

    • Central reservation

  • The central reservation of the boulevard lies directly underneath the entire width of the overhead line 6. At its junction with Rue de la Glacière, there is a basketball court, and a "boulodrome", for playing boules close to the Corvisart métro station.

    • Notable addresses

  • Close to the Place d'Italie, is a memorial dedicated to the "Children of the 13th arrondissement who died for France."
  • 18, Boulevard Auguste-Blanqui – École Estienne, the Graduate School of Arts and Printing Industry.

    • References

    Boulevard Auguste-Blanqui Wikipedia
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