Quartier de la Madeleine, France
place de la Concorde
Quartier de la Madeleine, France
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- Heritage registerMérimée (French heritage)↗
- ReferenceKulturenvanteri↗
- Further readingEncyclopædia Britannica↗
The Place de la Concorde, Paris's largest public square at 7.6 hectares, occupies the eastern end of the Champs-Élysées in the 8th arrondissement. Designed by Ange-Jacques Gabriel and completed in 1772, it was originally named Place Louis XV. The square became a site of revolutionary violence, notably hosting the executions of King Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, and Robespierre during the French Revolution, when it was briefly called Place de la Révolution. Renamed Place de la Concorde in 1795 as a gesture of reconciliation, it has endured as one of Paris's most significant public spaces. A classified historical monument, it is served by a metro station at its northeastern corner.
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- Built
- Type
- square
- Heritage
- classified historical monument
- Place
- Quartier de la Madeleine, France
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