Boulevard de Magenta
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The boulevard de Magenta is located in the IX and X arrondissements of Paris
, in France
.
It begins at place de la République
and 1, rue Beaurepaire, and ends at 1, boulevard de Rochechouart
and 53, boulevard de la Chapelle
.
, a battle fought on 4 June 1859 near Magenta in Italy
. It was a victory by the Piedmont
ais of the kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia and by the French armée d'Italie under general Mac-Mahon and Napoléon III over the Austrians
under Guylay.
of Paris. It was completed in 1855 between rue du Faubourg-Saint-Martin and the boulevard de Rochechouart
(the boulevard here in fact follows the route of the old rue du Nord which formed a part of an 1827 subdivision) and in 1859 between place de la République
and rue du Faubourg-Saint-Martin.
is located to the east of the gare du Nord and named after this boulevard, even if it is not truly under it. It is served by RER line E
.
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
It begins at place de la République
Place de la République
The Place de la République is a square in Paris, located on the border between the 3rd, 10th and 11th arrondissements. It is named after the French Republic. The Métro station of République lies beneath the square.-History:...
and 1, rue Beaurepaire, and ends at 1, boulevard de Rochechouart
Boulevard de Rochechouart
The Boulevard de Rochechouart is situated at the foot of Montmartre and to its south. Like the neighbouring street it is named after Marguerite de Rochechouart de Montpipeau , abbess of Montmartre. It is a result of the 1864 merging of the boulevards and chemins de ronde which followed the...
and 53, boulevard de la Chapelle
Boulevard de la Chapelle
The boulevard de la Chapelle marks the border between the 10e arrondissement and the 18e arrondissement of Paris. It corresponds in part to the mur des Fermiers généraux, which, until 1860, marked the border between the communes of Paris and La Chapelle....
.
Etymology
It is named after the battle of MagentaBattle of Magenta
The Battle of Magenta was fought on June 4, 1859 during the Second Italian War of Independence, resulting in a French-Sardinian victory under Napoleon III against the Austrians under Marshal Ferencz Gyulai....
, a battle fought on 4 June 1859 near Magenta in Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. It was a victory by the Piedmont
Piedmont
Piedmont is one of the 20 regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,402 square kilometres and a population of about 4.4 million. The capital of Piedmont is Turin. The main local language is Piedmontese. Occitan is also spoken by a minority in the Occitan Valleys situated in the Provinces of...
ais of the kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia and by the French armée d'Italie under general Mac-Mahon and Napoléon III over the Austrians
Austrian Empire
The Austrian Empire was a modern era successor empire, which was centered on what is today's Austria and which officially lasted from 1804 to 1867. It was followed by the Empire of Austria-Hungary, whose proclamation was a diplomatic move that elevated Hungary's status within the Austrian Empire...
under Guylay.
History
The creation of the boulevard de Magenta was part of the Hausmannian transformationHaussmann's renovation of Paris
Haussmann's Renovation of Paris, or the Haussmann Plan, was a modernization program of Paris commissioned by Napoléon III and led by the Seine prefect, Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann, between 1853 and 1870...
of Paris. It was completed in 1855 between rue du Faubourg-Saint-Martin and the boulevard de Rochechouart
Boulevard de Rochechouart
The Boulevard de Rochechouart is situated at the foot of Montmartre and to its south. Like the neighbouring street it is named after Marguerite de Rochechouart de Montpipeau , abbess of Montmartre. It is a result of the 1864 merging of the boulevards and chemins de ronde which followed the...
(the boulevard here in fact follows the route of the old rue du Nord which formed a part of an 1827 subdivision) and in 1859 between place de la République
Place de la République
The Place de la République is a square in Paris, located on the border between the 3rd, 10th and 11th arrondissements. It is named after the French Republic. The Métro station of République lies beneath the square.-History:...
and rue du Faubourg-Saint-Martin.
Métro
- RépubliqueRépublique (Paris Metro)République is a station of the Paris Métro, serving lines 3, 5, 8, 9, and 11.The station opened on 19 October 1904 as part of the first section of line 3 between Père Lachaise and Villiers. The line 5 platforms opened on 15 November 1907 with the extension of the line from Jacques Bonsergent to...
- Jacques-BonsergentJacques Bonsergent (Paris Metro)Jacques Bonsergent is a station of the Paris Métro, serving line 5.The name refers to the Place Jacques Bonsergent, named for Jacques Bonsergent, an engineer who became the first Parisian civilian executed by the German occupation in 1940...
- Barbès - RochechouartBarbès - Rochechouart (Paris Metro)Barbès-Rochechouart is a station on Paris Métro Line 2 and Line 4 at the point where the 9th, 10th, and 18th arrondissements all share a single point...
RER station
The RER station MagentaMagenta (Paris RER)
Magenta is a station of the Île-de-France réseau express régional, located in the tenth arrondissement of Paris. Built on the site of the Gare du Nord, the original name of Magenta station was Nord-Est with the possibility of a connection to both the Gare du Nord and the Gare de l'Est.-Station...
is located to the east of the gare du Nord and named after this boulevard, even if it is not truly under it. It is served by RER line E
RER E
The RER E is one of the five lines in the RER rapid transit system serving :Paris, France. The line runs from the western terminus Haussmann St-Lazare to the eastern terminuses Chelles-Gournay and Tournan...
.
Monuments
- n° 3 : Here lived Jacques Bonsergent, the first Parisian to be shot by the Nazis during the German occupation of France, on 23 December 1940.
- n° 24 : Site of the restaurant Véry, where the anarchist RavacholRavacholFrançois Claudius Koenigstein, known as Ravachol, , was a French anarchist. He was born 14 October 1859 at Saint-Chamond and died guillotined 11 July 1892 at Montbrison.-Biography:...
was arrested on 30 March 1892. In revenge, the anarchists exploded a bomb here on the morning of 25 April that year. - n° 68 : Église Saint-LaurentSaint-Laurent church, ParisThe Church of Saint-Laurent is a church in the 10th arrondissement of Paris...
, built between 1863 and 1867. - n° 85 bis : Marché Saint-Quentin installed here in 1866.
- n° 110 : Here lived the painter Georges Seurat.
- n° 170 : The Le Louxor cinema (façades and ceilings inscribed as a Monument historiqueMonument historiqueA monument historique is a National Heritage Site of France. It also refers to a state procedure in France by which national heritage protection is extended to a building or a specific part of a building, a collection of buildings, or gardens, bridges, and other structures, because of their...
).
Source
- Jacques Hillairet, Dictionnaire historique des rues de Paris, Minuit, Paris, 1963 (ISBN 2-7073-1054-9)