La Place de la Concorde
Paris 9
Patricia Barry © 2007
(c) Patricia Barry 2007
Les Champs Elysées
• La Place de la Concorde is
located at the end of the
Avenue des Champs
Elysées
• It is part of the Triumphal
Way between Le Louvre,
Les Tuilleries, l’Arc de
Triomphe and Versailles.
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Place de la Concorde
• la Place de la Concorde
is said to be the most
beautiful square in
Paris.
• It was designed by
Jacques Ange Gabriel in
1755 for Louis XV
• It is in the shape of an
octagon
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La Place de la Concorde
• Originally it was
called La Place Louis
XV
• The original
intention was to have
a statue of the King
mounted on his
horse, surrounded by
octagonal walls.
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Les Champs Elysées
• During the Revolution, the
Place changed its name to:
“la Place de la Révolution”
• The King’s statue in the
centre was replaced by
the Guillotine.
• Here died King Louis XVI,
Marie Antoinette,
Robespierre and thousands
of French people during the
Reign of Terror.
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Les Champs Elysées
• After the Revolution the
square was renamed to :
“La Place de la
Concorde”, to symbolise
the hope of a better
future.
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Les Tuileries
• The square is beside
the Tuileries.
• The King’s statue was
never replaced after
the Revolution.
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L’Obélisque
• The obelisk in pink
stone comes from the
palace of Luxor in
Egypt.
• It was a gift from the
Egyptian ruler.
• It is 3,300 years old.
• It was set up here in
1836.
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L’obelisque.
• The obelisk dates
from 1300 BCE
• It is 23 mètres in
height and weighs
230 tonnes.
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La Place de la Concorde
• The journey to
transport it from
Egypt to France
was very difficult.
• The story of the
journey is told at
the bottom.
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La Place de la Concorde
• The story is told
through images.
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La Place de la Concorde
• At each corner of
the octagon there
are statues which
represent the
biggest cities in
France.
• Lille, Strasbourg,
Lyon, Marseille,
Bordeaux, Nantes,
Brest et Rouen.
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La Place de la Concorde
• Each statue has a
beautiful
fountain.
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Les réverbères.
• The square
is lit by
lights in
Blue and
Gold.
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L’Assemblée Nationale.
• The National
Assembly is located
opposite la Place de la
Concorde.
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La Grande Roue
• The Millenium
Wheel was
located in la
Place de la
Concorde.
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La Seine
• La Place de la
Concorde is very
near the River Seine
• It’s on the rive
droite(Right Bank)
• This photo was
taken from la rive
gauche (Left Bank)
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