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Under the old régime, this was the place of popular celebrations, but it became associated with the bloody events of the Terror after Louis XVI, Danton, Robespierre and many others were executed here. In 1795 it was renamed Place de la Concorde in a sign of national reconciliation.
Louis-Philippe, wanting to bring royalists and republicans back together, chose a monument without any political significance in erecting the Obelisk of Luxor in the center of the square, presented as a gift by the Egyptian Viceroy Méhémet Ali.
After a two and a half year voyage from the banks of the Nile the granite monolith, whose ancient hieroglyphics were carved more than 3,000 years ago under Ramesis II, was erected in front of 200,000 spectators, on October 25, 1836.

In 1804 Napoleon 1st gave a magnificent reception here on the occasion of his marriage to Marie-Louise. From the end of the 19th century the gardens of the Champs-Elysées welcomed walkers who had come to enjoy the leisures offered by the Avenue that had become a showcase for progress. From the Bal Mabille to the Lido, from the Café des Ambassadeurs to Fouquet's, from the Panorama to the theaters walkers can discover the latest evolutions in technology, industry, automobiles or the cinema.

Installed on a domain of more than 40 hectares right in the heart of Paris, on a right bank of the Seine, the museum of the Louvre offers approximately 60 000 m ² of showrooms dedicated to the conservation of representative objects of 11 millenniums of civilization and culture.

Set up as 1889 by Gustave Eiffel on the occasion of the World Fair, the speedboat of which she was, the Eiffel Tower, of its 350 metres high, stays the up Paris in the edges of the Seine.

The Arc de Triomphe was constructed to honour the Great Army in 1836, it is where all military parades take place, beginning with the 1918 victory parade which took place on July 14, 1919.
The Arc de Triomphe with its monumental arch, decorated in bas-relief, with scenes showing the revolutionary period (including the First Empire).
On the right, on the side facing the Champs Elysées will be found "La Marseillaise" by Rude representing the departure of the volunteers to the front in 1792.
On the left side "le Triomphe de Napoléon en 1810" by Cortot.
"La résistance de 1814" and "La Paix de 1815" are on the other sides, modestly turned to the other side of the city.
To view the Arc de Triomphe up close you can take the underpass from the Champs Elysées or the Avenue de la Grande Armée, which will take you to the center of the square.
From there an elevator will take you to the top, where on clear days, you can see most of Paris.
A small museum presents the history of the Arch.