Barbès

Barbès Boulevard in Paris' 18th arrondissement (the area including Montmartre), named after Armand Barbès (1809 – 1870), a political activist who tried to form an insurrectional government in May 1839, for which he was condemned to death. Barbès was co-conspirator with, as well as later arch-enemy of, Louis-Auguste Blanqui (1805 – 1881), a political anarchist who advocated permanent revolution and spent a total of 40 years in prison. Victor Hugo managed to obtain a commutation of Barbès'…