Length | 2,370 m (7,780 ft) |
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Width | 30 m (98 ft) |
Arrondissement | 6th, 7th, 14th |
Quarter | Notre-Dame-des-Champs, Montparnasse |
Coordinates | 48°50′42″N 2°19′43″E / 48.84500°N 2.32861°E |
From | 205, boulevard Saint-Germain and 61, rue du Bac |
To | place Denfert-Rochereau |
Construction | |
Denomination | 9 July 1887 |
Boulevard Raspail is a boulevard of Paris, in France.
Its orientation is north–south, and joins boulevard Saint-Germain with place Denfert-Rochereau whilst traversing 7th, 6th and 14th arrondissements. The boulevard intersects major roadways: rue de Sèvres, rue de Rennes and boulevard du Montparnasse. The allée Claude-Cahun-Marcel-Moore is situated on the boulevard, in front of the Alliance française.
Its former name was boulevard d'Enfer, of which the passage d'Enfer is a vestigial relic.
Located near the Métro stations: Rue du Bac, Rennes, Notre-Dame-des-Champs and Sèvres – Babylone. |
The boulevard was named after François-Vincent Raspail (1794–1878), French chemist, physician and politician.
The section between a point approximately 80 m beyond the rue de Varenne and rue de Sèvres was dug in 1869. The 90 m section from rue Stanislas was opened up by MM. Bernard frères.
The section between boulevard Edgar-Quinet and place Denfert-Rochereau had incorporated the old boulevard d'Enfer and the external boulevard (part of boulevard de Montrouge) into a single road by the law of 16 June 1859. Its width was 70 m before the decree of 14 September 1892.
The modernist architect Le Corbusier criticizes Boulevard Raspail in Toward an Architecture for its disregard of proper proportion and capriciousness. [1]
In 1933, the enlarged part of boulevard Raspail surrounding n° 51, where it meets the rue du Cherche-Midi, was named place Alphonse-Deville. The chemin de ronde d'Enfer was annexed from boulevard Raspail and boulevard Edgar-Quinet.