3-533: The Boulevard du Montparnasse is a two-way boulevard in Montparnasse , in the 6th , 14th and 15th arrondissements of Paris. The boulevard runs south-eastward from the place Léon Paul Fargue to the Port-Royal ( place Camille Jullian ) and is 1.7km in length. 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
6-421: A commercial district. Boulevards were originally circumferential roads following the line of former city walls . In North American usage, boulevards may be wide, multi-lane thoroughfares divided with only a central median. The word boulevard is borrowed from French . In France, it originally meant the flat surface of a rampart , and later a promenade taking the place of a demolished fortification. It
9-455: The 1930s, he would sleep on a bench outside the Closerie des Lilas , a brasserie located at 171, Boulevard du Montparnasse. This Parisian road or road transport-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Boulevard A boulevard is a type of broad avenue planted with rows of trees, or in parts of North America , any urban highway or wide road in
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