Boulevard Beaumarchais Explained

Boulevard Beaumarchais
Coordinates:	48.8571°N 2.3681°W
Former Names:	Boulevard Saint-Antoine
Namesake:	Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
Location:	Paris, France

The Boulevard Beaumarchais is a boulevard of the 3rd, 4th and 11th arrondissement of Paris^[1] and the longest of the Grands Boulevards.^{[2] [3]} The boulevard is around 700 meters long^[4] 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,^[5] whose mansion was built on the boulevard in 1780.^[6] The mansion was later seized by the government^[7] and demolished in 1818 in order to expand the Canal Saint-Martin.^[8] The boulevard was renovated in the 1980s.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Le boulevard Beaumarchais . 2023-01-01 . paris1900.lartnouveau.com.
2. Book: Jacobs . Allan B. . The Boulevard Book: History, Evolution, Design of Multiway Boulevards . MacDonald . Elizabeth . Rofe . Yodan . 2003-08-29 . MIT Press . 978-0-262-60058-3 . en.
3. Book: Baedeker (Firm), Karl . Paris and Environs, with Routes from London to Paris and from Paris to the Rhine and Switzerland: Handbook for Travellers . 1884 . K. Baedeker . en.
4. Book: Fetridge, William Pembroke . Harper's Handbook for Travellers in Europe and the East . 1872 . Harper & Brothers, publishers . en.
5. Web site: Boulevard Beaumarchais – Left in Paris . 2023-01-01 . en-GB.
6. Book: Elder.), Edward STANFORD (Publisher, the . Stanford's Paris Guide; with three maps and a view of the Champs Élysées. New edition, revised and improved . 1858 . en.
7. Book: Unger, Harlow G. . Improbable Patriot: The Secret History of Monsieur de Beaumarchais, the French Playwright who Saved the American Revolution . 2011 . UPNE . 978-1-58465-925-9 . en.
8. Web site: Beaumarchais: a Writer's Wealth - Parcours Révolution, Paris . 2023-01-01 . Parcours Révolution . en.