Place de la Concorde
Place de la Concorde - ParisThe Place de la Concorde, the largest square in Paris, is situated along the Seine at the beginning of the Champs Elysées.
Jacques Ange Gabriel, Louis XV's architect, began construction in 1754 and completed it in 1763. It was thus called the Place Louis XV.
It became the Place de la Révolution and held in its center the guillotine that executed in particular Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, Danton, Robespierre, and 2800 others between 1793 and 1795.
The place today maintains the general appearance that it had in the eighteenth century. The statue of Louis XV - removed during the Revolution - was replaced by the Obelisk of Luxor given to Louis Phillipe by the viceroy of Egypt, Mohamed Ali.
At each corner of the octagon shaped square there is a statue that represents one of the large French cities: Lille, Strasbourg, Lyon, Marseille, Bordeaux, Nantes, Brest and Rouen.
Jacques Ange Gabriel, Louis XV's architect, began construction in 1754 and completed it in 1763. It was thus called the Place Louis XV.
It became the Place de la Révolution and held in its center the guillotine that executed in particular Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, Danton, Robespierre, and 2800 others between 1793 and 1795.
The place today maintains the general appearance that it had in the eighteenth century. The statue of Louis XV - removed during the Revolution - was replaced by the Obelisk of Luxor given to Louis Phillipe by the viceroy of Egypt, Mohamed Ali.
At each corner of the octagon shaped square there is a statue that represents one of the large French cities: Lille, Strasbourg, Lyon, Marseille, Bordeaux, Nantes, Brest and Rouen.
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