page_title: City walls of Paris
section_title: Louis XIII Wall
hierarchical_section_title: City walls of Paris / Louis XIII Wall
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of Paris in 1705, one of eight chronological maps of Paris from Traité de la police Français&#160;: Huitième plan de Paris divisé en ses vingts quartiers [Image fixe numérisée] / par N. de Fer Publication&#160;: Paris, 1705 Description matérielle&#160;: 1 carte&#160;; 44,5 x 54,5 cm Collection&#160;: Collection d'Anville&#160;; 00808 Note(s)&#160;: Cote&#160;: Ge DD 2987 (808) BNF Richelieu Cartes et Plans Reprod. 85 C 125661&#160;; Reprod. Sc 87/660 . - Légende et description en marge gauche et droite. Carte "pour servir au traité de la Police par M.L.C.D.L.M. Traité de la Police p. 87" Sujet(s)&#160;: Paris (France) -- Quartiers anciens Notice n°&#160;: FRBNF38638263
context_page_description: The Walls of Paris refers to the city walls that surrounded Paris, France, as it grew from ancient times until the 20th century, built primarily to defend the city but also for administrative reasons. Several successive city walls were built over the centuries, either adding to existing walls or replacing demolished ones, through 1846, when construction of the Thiers wall was completed. The city walls of Paris include:
  a Gaulish enclosure
  a Gallo-Roman wall
  two medieval walls, one of which was the Wall of Philippe Auguste
  the Wall of Charles V, extending on the right bank of the River Seine
  the Louis XIII Wall, extending on the western part of the right bank
  the Wall of the Farmers-General, for tax purposes
  the Thiers wall.
  As Paris rapidly expanded to become one of the largest cities in Europe, new walls were built to consolidate the existing city with new houses, gardens, and vegetable fields. Many historical walls were eventually destroyed, and the paths formerly occupied by the walls were often repurposed into streets or boulevards. Only a few sections of the Wall of the Farmers-General and the Wall of Philippe Auguste survive to the present day.
context_section_description: The Louis XIII Wall, also known as the "yellow ditches wall", was designed by Jacques Lemercier and built between 1633 and 1636. It enlarged the Wall of Charles V over the western part of the right bank (now the First and Second Arrondissements).
  From 1670 onward, Louis XIV believed that Paris had been made a secure city as a result of his conquests, and he therefore ordered the wall destroyed. Its route was later replaced with the grands boulevards.
caption: Map of Paris in 1705 with the first boulevards and the remaining part of the Louis XIII Wall
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