Boulevard des Capucines - Paris (France)
Boulevard des Capucines 15/10/2023 18h30
Boulevard des Capucines and at the right Rue des Capunines as seen from the Boulevard de la Madeleine. From here, the right side of the street is the 2ème arrondissement and the left side (invisible) is the 9ème arrondissement.
Boulevard des Capucines
The Boulevard des Capucines is one of the four 'grands boulevards' in Paris, a chain of boulevards running east-west that also includes Boulevard de la Madeleine, Boulevard des Italiens, and Boulevard Montmartre.
The name comes from a beautiful convent of Capuchin nuns whose garden was on the south side of the boulevard prior to the French Revolution. The former name, Rue Basse-du-Rempart ("bottom-of-the-wall street" in French), suggests that, in the beginning, the street paralleled the city wall of Paris. Then, when the wall was destroyed, the street was widened and became a boulevard. Piet Mondrian's little known story De groote boulevards (Les Grands Boulevards), written in 1920 in Paris at the instance of Theo van Doesburg, was inspired by the Boulevard des Capucines.
This boulevard has a length of 440 meters and a width of 35.4 meters. Starts at 25, rue Louis-le-Grand et 1, rue de la Chaussée-d'Antin and ends at 24, rue des Capucines et 2, rue de Caumartin.
This boulevard is well served by métro stations Madeleine and Opéra.
Boulevard des Capucines - Paris (France)
Boulevard des Capucines 15/10/2023 18h30
Boulevard des Capucines and at the right Rue des Capunines as seen from the Boulevard de la Madeleine. From here, the right side of the street is the 2ème arrondissement and the left side (invisible) is the 9ème arrondissement.
Boulevard des Capucines
The Boulevard des Capucines is one of the four 'grands boulevards' in Paris, a chain of boulevards running east-west that also includes Boulevard de la Madeleine, Boulevard des Italiens, and Boulevard Montmartre.
The name comes from a beautiful convent of Capuchin nuns whose garden was on the south side of the boulevard prior to the French Revolution. The former name, Rue Basse-du-Rempart ("bottom-of-the-wall street" in French), suggests that, in the beginning, the street paralleled the city wall of Paris. Then, when the wall was destroyed, the street was widened and became a boulevard. Piet Mondrian's little known story De groote boulevards (Les Grands Boulevards), written in 1920 in Paris at the instance of Theo van Doesburg, was inspired by the Boulevard des Capucines.
This boulevard has a length of 440 meters and a width of 35.4 meters. Starts at 25, rue Louis-le-Grand et 1, rue de la Chaussée-d'Antin and ends at 24, rue des Capucines et 2, rue de Caumartin.
This boulevard is well served by métro stations Madeleine and Opéra.