The Boulevard Auguste-Blanqui is a boulevard in the

13th arrondissement of Paris The 13th arrondissement of Paris (''XIIIe arrondissement'') is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, this arrondissement is referred to as ''treizième''. The arrondissement, called Gobelins, is situated ...

. It is one of the main arteries linking the

Place d'Italie The Place d'Italie (; en, Italy Square) is a public space in the 13th arrondissement of Paris. The square has an average dimension somewhat less than 200 meters in extent (comprising about 30,000 m²), and the following streets meet there: *Boule ...

with the

Place Denfert-Rochereau Place Denfert-Rochereau, previously known as Place d'Enfer, is a public square located in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France, in the Montparnasse district, at the intersection of the boulevards Raspail, Arago, and Saint-Jacques, and the ave ...

. 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 former 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 A wall is a structure and a surface that defines an area; carries a load; provides security, shelter, or soundproofing; or, is decorative. There are many kinds of walls, including: * Walls in buildings that form a fundamental part of the supe ...

. 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 Avenue or Avenues may refer to: Roads * Avenue (landscape), traditionally a straight path or road with a line of trees, in the shifted sense a tree line itself, or some of boulevards (also without trees) * Avenue Road, Bangalore * Avenue Road, Lon ...

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

, is a memorial dedicated to the "Children of the 13th arrondissement who died for France." * 18, Boulevard Auguste-Blanqui –

École Estienne L'école Estienne is the traditional name of the l'École supérieure des arts et industries graphiques (ESAIG) (Graduate School of Arts and Printing Industry). It is located at 18, Boulevard Auguste-Blanqui in the 13th arrondissement of Pari ...

, the Graduate School of Arts and Printing Industry.

External links

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Official nomenclature of Parisian roads
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