Boulevard

Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, United States
The Straße des 17. Juni in Berlin, Germany
Mannerheimintie in Helsinki, Finland
Viali di Circonvallazione in Florence, Italy

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 a commercial district.

In Europe, 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.

Etymology

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 is a borrowing from the Dutch word bolwerk 'bulwark'.[1]

Notable examples

Asia

Azerbaijan

Bangladesh

  • Manik Mia Avenue

Cambodia

  • Norodom Boulevard
  • Monivong Boulevard
  • Sihanouk Boulevard
  • Xi Jinping Boulevard

India

Indonesia

  • Jalan Jenderal Sudirman
  • Jalan M.H. Thamrin
  • Jalan Jenderal Gatot Subroto
  • Jalan H.R. Rasuna Said
  • Jalan Gajah Mada/Jalan Hayam Wuruk
  • Jalan Prof. Dr. Satrio

Vietnam

  • Thang Long Boulevard

Iran

  • Keshavarz Boulevard

Philippines

Boulevards of Asia

Australia and Oceania

Australia

  • St Kilda Road, Melbourne
  • Royal Parade, Melbourne
  • Victoria Parade, Melbourne
  • Flemington Road, Melbourne
  • Mount Alexander Road, Melbourne
  • The Boulevard, Perth

New Zealand

Boulevards of Oceania

Europe

Austria

  • Vienna Ring Road

Denmark

Boulevards in Copenhagen:

  • Nørre Voldgade
  • H. C. Andersens Boulevard
  • Vesterbrogade
  • Sønder Boulevard
  • Dalgas Boulevard
  • Strandboulevarden
  • Frederiksberg Allé

France

Main article: Boulevards of Paris

Germany

Hungary

Ireland

Italy

Netherlands

Spain

Portugal

Russia

Boulevards of Europe

North America

Canada

Mexico

United States

Boulevards of North America

South America

Argentina

Uruguay

References

  1. ^ Wiktionnaire, [1]
  2. ^ "Buses to Bring Change". Cebu Daily News. 20 June 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Húsvét után jön a nagykörúti káosz". Index.hu. 17 April 2006. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Некоммерческий проект бульвары Москвы". Bulwar.ru. Archived from the original on 18 September 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.

Books

  • Jacobs, Allan B.; Elizabeth Macdonald; Yodan Rofé (2003). The Boulevard Book. The MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-60023-1.
  • Fiaccadori, Gianfranco; Malinverni, Alessandro; Mambriani, Carlo (2012). Guglielmo du Tillot: regista delle arti nell'età dei Lumi (in Italian). Parma: Fondazione Cariparma. ISBN 978-88-7898-064-8. OCLC 889616353.
  • Pastega, Agostino Brotto (2010). Antonio Gaidon 1738–1829. Un professionista ante litteram dal rilievo mappale al boulevard. Bassano: Associazione Interprofessionale Bassanese.
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