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Boulevard de la Madeleine
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| Arrondissement | Ier, VIIIe, IXe |
| Quarter | Madeleine. Place Vendôme. Chaussée d'Antin. |
| Begins | 53 rue Cambon |
| Ends | 10-16 place de la Madeleine |
| Length | 220 m |
| Width | 43.3 m |
| Creation | 1676 |
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Boulevard de la Madeleine, about 1895
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| Located near the metro stations: Madeleine or Opéra. |
The Boulevard de la Madeleine is one of the four 'grands boulevards' in Paris, a chain running east west and also including boulevard de la Madeleine, Boulevard des Capucines, Boulevard des Italiens and Boulevard Montmartre.
It begins next to Église de la Madeleine which gave its name to the boulevard.
At the n°11, died in february 1847 Marie Duplessis whose life and dead were depicted by Alexandre Dumas fils in the novel la Dame aux Camélias and by Giuseppe Verdi in the opera la traviata.
In 1966, The Moody Blues recorded a single named for this boulevard.