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'Boulevard' comes from the same root as ;bulwark'. It originally referred to the defensive walls around a city; and indeed the Boulevard Périphérique runs round the old 'Zone des Fortifications' whic was, until 1919, the defensive wall of Paris. Most of the Boulevards inside Paris also run along the line of older walls, showing how the city has expanded over the centuries.

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