Boulevard Haussmann
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  Boulevard HAUSSMANN
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| Arrondissement | VIIIe, IXe |
| Quarter | Madeleine. Europe. Faubourg du Roule. Faubourg Montmartre. Chaussée d'Antin. |
| Begins | 1 rue Drouot and 2 boulevard des Italiens |
| Ends | 202 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré |
| Length | 2530 m |
| Width | 30 m from rue Drouot and boulevard des Italiens to rue de Miromesnil; 33,60 m elsewhere. |
| Creation | October 17, 1857 - January 22, 1922 |
| Denomination | March 2, 1864 |
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Boulevard Haussmann from the Galeries Lafayette terrace.
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Boulevard Haussmann running from Paris VIIIe to Paris IXe arrondissement, 2.53 km long, is one of the wide tree-lined boulevards driven through Paris during the Second French Empire by Baron Haussmann, who retained the complete confidence of Napoleon III.
The department stores ("grands magasins") Galeries Lafayette and Au Printemps are sited on the Boulevard Haussmann, which is mostly lined with apartment blocks, whose regulated cornice height gives a sense of regularity to the Boulevard.
At No. 102, from 1906 to 1919, lived the great French novelist Marcel Proust (1871 –1922). There, in his cork-lined bedroom, he wrote the major part of À la recherche du temps perdu . Alan Bates starred in 102 Boulevard Haussmann a 1991 made-for-television docudrama written by Alan Bennett [1].
At 158 and 158 bis the Musée Jacquemart-André presents a private collection of French furnishings.
The Impressionist and patron of other artists Gustave Caillebotte (1848 – 1894) painted the Boulevard under many aspects of seasonal and daily change.
[edit] External links
- Nomenclature des voies: official information
