Boulevard

Japanese: boulevard
Boulevard

…In French Baroque gardens such as the Palace of Versailles, in order to emphasize the vistas (axis of vision) arranged perpendicularly or radially within the garden, trees were densely planted on both sides of the main axis to create a dark green wall of trees, which was called a bosquet. A park-like urban avenue lined with trees and flower beds is called a boulevard, but originally it was created by planting trees on the site of the castle surrounding the city, and creating a wide avenue lined with trees. The Ring in Vienna and the Champs-Élysées in Paris are famous examples. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "boulevard" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ベルサイユ宮殿などフランスのバロック式庭園では,園内に直交あるいは放射状に配したビスタvista(見通しの軸線)を強調してみせるため,主軸線の両側に樹木を密植して暗緑色の樹木の壁をつくり,これをボスケbosquetと称した。 並木や花壇を設けた公園風の都会の大通りはブールバールboulevardと呼ばれるが,もとは都市を囲む城跡を撤去した跡地などに植林し,幅広い並木道としたのが始まりである。ウィーンのリング,パリのシャンゼリゼが著名。…

※「boulevard」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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