This is the online dictionary of France developed by Free Light Software. By clicking on a French word, you can find France related sites from French search engines. By clicking on a globe icon, you can display the locality on maps of France and Paris. By clicking on a thumbnail picture, you can enlarge it. | Japanese version | |
Concorde squareFrench words: Place de la Concordealternative words: Concorde, Place de la Concorde, Concorde place keywords: locality , paris , tourist resort related topics: Champs Elysees , Tuileries Palace related web sites: http://www.insecula.com/musee/M0051.html , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Place_de_la_Concorde , http://www.discoverfrance.net/France/Paris/Monuments-Paris/Obelisque.shtml explanation: Octagonal place, located at the east end of Champs Elysees and next to Tuileries Garden, it was built in 1755. Initially named "Place Louis XV" to honour the king, it was renamed to "Place de la revolution", when the monarchy was overthrown. The French king, Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette were guillotined there in 1793. The French marine headquarter and Hotel Crillon are separated by Rue Royale on the north. The central obelisk of Luxor was offered to France by an Egyptian sultan in 1831. | |