Boulevard du Montparnasse explained

Boulevard du Montparnasse
Map Type:Paris
Map Size:250
Coordinates:48.8428°N 2.3272°W
Arrondissement:6th, 14th, 15th
Quarter:Notre-Dame des Champs . Necker . Montparnasse .
Terminus A:place Léon Paul Fargue
Terminus B:place Camille Jullian
Length:1632m (5,354feet)
Width:39m (128feet)
Completion Date:Lettres patentes du 9 août 1760
Inauguration Label:Denomination

The Boulevard du Montparnasse is a two-way boulevard in Montparnasse, in the 6th, 14th and 15th arrondissements of Paris.

Situation

The boulevard runs south-eastward from the place Léon Paul Fargue to the Port-Royal (place Camille Jullian) and is 1.7km in length.[1] The Tour Montparnasse and place du 18 juin 1940 are located along it. During a period in his life when American writer Henry Miller had no money in the 1930s, he would sleep on a bench outside the Closerie des Lilas, a brasserie located at 171, Boulevard du Montparnasse.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. [Google Maps]
  2. Paris Aéroport, Paris Vous Aime Magazine, No 13, avril-may-juin 2023, p. 122