Place de la Bastille
The "Grands Boulevards" are essentially 'the best' of the Parisian boulevards. They correspond to the "Nouveau Cours" built between 1668 and 1705 in place of the dismantled Louis XIII wall. The boulevards of Louis XIV were conceived by Pierre Bullet to link the Porte Saint-Antoine (situated where the Place de la Bastille now stands) to the Porte Saint-Honoré (situated where the Place de la Madeleine now stands).