Boulevard Haussmann, running 2.53 kilometres (1.6 mi) from the 8th

VIIIe arrondissement

The 8th arrondissement of Paris is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France.Situated on the right bank of the River Seine and centred on the Opéra, the 8th is, together with the 1st and 9th arrondissements and 16th arrondissement and 17th arrondissement, one of Paris's main...

 to the 9th arrondissement

IXe arrondissement

The 9th arrondissement , located on the Right Bank, is one of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, France. It contains many places of cultural, historical, and architectural interest, including the Palais Garnier, home to the Paris Opera, Boulevard Haussmann and its large department stores of Galeries...

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is one of the wide tree-lined boulevards created in Paris

Paris

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 during the Second French Empire

Second French Empire

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 by Baron Haussmann

Baron Haussmann

Georges-Eugène Haussmann, commonly known as Baron Haussmann , was a French civic planner whose name is associated with the rebuilding of Paris...

, with enthusiastic support from Napoleon III

Napoleon III of France

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The Boulevard Haussmann is mostly lined with apartment blocks, whose regulated cornice height gives a pleasing eyeline to the Boulevard. The department store

Department store

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s Galeries Lafayette

Galeries Lafayette

- History :In 1893 Théophile Bader and his cousin Alphonse Kahn opened a fashion store in a small haberdasher's shop at the corner of rue La Fayette and the Chaussée d'Antin, Paris. In 1896, the company purchased the entire building at n°1 rue La Fayette and in 1905 the buildings at n°38, 40 et...

 and Au Printemps

Printemps

Printemps is a French department store .The flagship Printemps store is located on Boulevard Haussmann in the IXe arrondissement of Paris along with other well-known department stores like Galeries Lafayette. There are other Printemps stores in Paris and throughout France...

 are sited on this street.

From 1906 to 1919, the novelist Marcel Proust

Marcel Proust

Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust was a French novelist, critic, and essayist best known for his monumental À la recherche du temps perdu...

 (1871–1922) lived at No. 102. There, in his cork-lined bedroom, he wrote the major part of À la recherche du temps perdu

In Search of Lost Time

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. Alan Bates

Alan Bates

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 starred in 102 Boulevard Haussmann, a 1990 play written by Alan Bennett

Alan Bennett

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At 158 there is the Musée Jacquemart-André

Musée Jacquemart-André

The Musée Jacquemart-André is a public museum located at 158 Boulevard Haussmann in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. The museum was created from the private home of Édouard André and Nélie Jacquemart to display the art they collected during their lives.-History:Edouard André, the scion of a...

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The Impressionist and patron of other artists Gustave Caillebotte

Gustave Caillebotte

Gustave Caillebotte was a French painter, member and patron of the group of artists known as Impressionists, though he painted in a much more realistic manner than many other artists in the group...

 (1848 – 1894) painted the Boulevard in many different lights as the days and seasons changed.

Marks & Spencer

Marks & Spencer

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, the British

United Kingdom

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department store chain, opened a store on Boulevard Haussmann in 1975 when it opened its first overseas stores.