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Over a thousand heads rolled under the guillotine in the square,
today the largest and most beautiful of Paris.
[Obelisk Place de la Concorde]

Place de la Concorde is the most beautiful square in Paris and larger. Its location offers spectacular views of one of the most attractive areas of the city: To the east, a perspective of the Jardin des Tuileries, the Arc du Carrousel and the Louvre, to the west, the Champs Elysees and the Arc Triumph. La Rue Royale opens north to reach the Church of the Madeleine, and across the Seine, across the Puente de la Concorde, stands the Palais Bourbon, seat of the National Assembly.

The center of the square is dominated by an imposing pink granite obelisk of Luxor over 3300 years old and almost 23 meters high, a gift from Egypt to France. In each of the corners of the square, octagonal, is a statue representing a French city: Brest, Rouen, Lyon, Marseille, Bordeaux, Nantes, Lille and Strasbourg. To the north and south of the obelisk, two monumental fountains depicting marine themes complete the square. Continue reading →