Boulevard Murat

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Coordinates: 48 ° 51 '  N , 2 ° 15'  E

Boulevard Murat
location
Arrondissement 16.
quarter Auteuil
Beginning 83, rue d'Auteuil
The End Quai Saint-Exupéry and Quai Louis-Blériot
morphology
length 1930 m
width 40 m
history
Emergence 1861
designation 1864
Original names Rue Militaire
Coding
Paris 6578

The Boulevard Murat is a 1,930 meter long and 40 meter wide road in the district Auteuil of the 16th arrondissement of Paris .

location

The boulevard begins at Place de la Porte d'Auteuil or at number 83 on Rue d'Auteuil and ends at Quais Saint-Exupéry and Louis Blériot . He turns northeast in front of Rue du Géneral Niox to Rue Daumier , from here to the banks of the Seine.

The street can be reached by metro via the Saint-Philippe du Roule lines station . In addition, the special line PC drives through the street. Metro-M.svg Paris Metro 1.svg

Le maréchal d'Empire Joachim Murat

Name origin

The boulevard, which was officially opened on May 23, 1863, was previously part of a broad military street and was named after Joachim Murat (1767–1815), a marshal of France and brother-in-law of Napoleon .

history

The Boulevard Murat is part of the Boulevards des Maréchaux ring road , which was created from 1861 along the former Paris city wall (here the Thiers city fortifications section ) instead of the Rue Militaire . It got its current name on March 2, 1864.

Attractions

Web links

Commons : Boulevard Murat  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. merimee / PA00086671
  2. merimee / PA00086662
  3. Julien Bisson and Estelle Lenartowciz, Sur les traces des grands romans , Lire , March 2017, pp. 34–37