The Boulevard Malesherbes is a boulevard in central Paris, France, running northwest between the Church of the Madeleine in the 8th arrondissement, and the Porte d'Asnières in the 17th arrondissement.
Boulevard Malesherbes looking northwest towards the Église Saint-Augustin
Charles Marville, Boulevard Malesherbes, from the Boulevard de Courcelles, ca. 1853–70
Exterior of the Sorbonne Boulevard Malesherbes campus
Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, often referred to as Malesherbes or Lamoignon-Malesherbes, was a French statesman and minister in the Ancien Régime, and later counsel for the defense o
Boulevard Malesherbes
…the east of the Madeleine. The two streets branch off of the Rue Royale at angles and form an emplacement for the Madeleine. It is named in honor of Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, a minister and official under Louis XV and Louis XVI who was executed by guillotine during the Revolution. Only a rudimentary street was formed near…
(Musée de la Révolution française)
Anne-Marie, Countess of Sénozan