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| Former name(s) | Boulevard Saint-Antoine |
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| Namesake | Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais |
| Length | 759 yd (694 m) |
| Width | 116 ft (35 m) |
| Location | Paris, France |
| Coordinates | 48°51′26″N 2°22′05″E / 48.8571°N 2.3681°E / 48.8571; 2.3681 |
The Boulevard Beaumarchais (French pronunciation: [bulvaʁ bomaʁʃɛ]) is a boulevard of the 3rd, 4th and 11th arrondissement of Paris and the longest of the Grands Boulevards. The boulevard is around 700 meters long and 35 meters wide. It was originally named the Boulevard Saint-Antoine but had its name changed in 1831 to honor Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, whose mansion was built on the boulevard in 1780. The mansion was later seized by the government and demolished in 1818 in order to expand the Canal Saint-Martin. The boulevard was renovated in the 1980s.
References
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- ^ Jacobs, Allan B.; MacDonald, Elizabeth; Rofe, Yodan (2003-08-29). The Boulevard Book: History, Evolution, Design of Multiway Boulevards. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-60058-3.
- Baedeker (Firm), Karl (1884). Paris and Environs, with Routes from London to Paris and from Paris to the Rhine and Switzerland: Handbook for Travellers. K. Baedeker.
- Fetridge, William Pembroke (1872). Harper's Handbook for Travellers in Europe and the East. Harper & Brothers, publishers.
- "Boulevard Beaumarchais – Left in Paris". Retrieved 2023-01-01.
- ^ Elder.), Edward STANFORD (Publisher, the (1858). Stanford's Paris Guide; with three maps and a view of the Champs Élysées. New edition, revised and improved.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Unger, Harlow G. (2011). Improbable Patriot: The Secret History of Monsieur de Beaumarchais, the French Playwright who Saved the American Revolution. UPNE. ISBN 978-1-58465-925-9.
- "Beaumarchais: a Writer's Wealth - Parcours Révolution, Paris". Parcours Révolution. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
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