[An illustration of a ship, symbolizing the symbol of Paris]

Histoire de Paris

Boulevard Beaumarchais
En 1670, Louis XIV ordonna de transfarmer l’enceinte de Charles V en une promenade plantée d’arbres. Le boulevard Saint-Antoine, amenagé sur la digue de l’enceinte, prit en, 1831 le nom de boulevard Beaumarchais. Le célèbre auteur du "Barbier de Séville", Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, avait acheté en 1787 un vaste terrain delimité par le boulevard Beaumarchais (numéros 2 à 20), la rue du Pasteur Wagner, la rue Amelot et le boulevard Richard-Lenoir, pour s’y faire bâtir en 1790, par Paul-Guillaume Lemoine, dit le Romain, une somptueuse maison aux jardins dessinés par François-Joseph Belanger, architecte de Bagatelle. Après sa mort, le 18 mai 1799, il fut enterré dans le jardin de sa propriété, détruite en 1822 lors des travaux de construction du canal Saint-Martin.

[Illustration of Jardin Beaumarchais]

One of the series of signs describing historical places in Paris. The signs were placed starting in 1992 and are also called sucettes Starck (Starck’s Lollipops) after Philippe Starck who designed them.

The sign depicts Beaumarchais Boulevard, named after the Renaissance man Pierre Beaumarchais Click for sign's details

The boulevards were photographed in 2023 by Eli Zvuluny Click for a larger image Click for sign's details

The illustration of the gate to the Beaumarchais Gardens that appears in the center of the sign, is shown here at magnification Click for a larger image

Translation of the text on the sign:

[An illustration of a ship, symbolizing the symbol of Paris]

History of Paris

Boulevard Beaumarchais
In 1670, Louis XIV ordered Charles V’s enclosure to be transformed into a promenade planted with trees. Boulevard Saint-Antoine, built on the dyke of the enclosure, took the name of Boulevard Beaumarchais in 1831. The famous author of "The Barber of Seville", Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, purchased in 1787 a vast plot of land bounded by Boulevard Beaumarchais (numbers 2 to 20), Rue du Pasteur Wagner, Rue Amelot and Boulevard Richard- Lenoir, to be built there in 1790, by Paul-Guillaume Lemoine, known as the Romain, a sumptuous house with gardens designed by François-Joseph Belanger, architect of Bagatelle. After his death on May 18, 1799, he was buried in the garden of his property, destroyed in 1822 during construction work on the Saint-Martin canal.

[Illustration of Jardin Beaumarchais]