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Fontaines de la Concorde (detail) Water for the fountains was supplied by the canal de l'Ourcq, begun by Napoleon at the beginning of his reign. The original fountains had no pumps and operated by gravity- water flowed from the basin at La Villette, where the water of the canal arrived in Paris, at a higher elevation than the Place de la ...
The Place de la Concorde (French: [plas də la kɔ̃kɔʁd]; lit. ' Harmony Square ') is a public square in Paris, France. Measuring 7.6 ha (19 acres) in area, it is the largest square in the French capital. It is located in the city's eighth arrondissement, at the eastern end of the Champs-Élysées.
The two western terraces of the garden overlook the Place de la Concorde, and are separated by the formal entrance and central axis of the garden. The terrace by the Seine is close to the old western gateway of Paris, the Porte de la Conference, which was built by Henry III of France in the 16th century, and was in place until 1720. In the 17th ...
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The Arc de Triomphe - monument at the center of the Place de l'Étoile, commemorating the victories of France and honoring those who died in battle; The Conciergerie - located on the Île de la Cité; a medieval building which was formerly used as a prison where some prominent members of the ancien régime stayed before their death during the French Revolution
The Musée de l'Orangerie Paris: Éditions Gallimard/Réunion des musées nationaux ISBN 9782070781676 Hoog, Michel (trans. by Jean-Marie Clarke) (1989, reprinted 2006). Musée de l'Orangerie, les Nymphéas of Claude Monet Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux ISBN 9782711850693
Looking west, the arch is aligned with the obelisk in the Place de la Concorde, the centerline of the grand boulevard Champs-Élysées, the Arc de Triomphe at the Place de l'Étoile, and, although it is not directly visible from the Place du Carrousel, the Grande Arche de la Défense. Thus, the axis begins and ends with an arch.
Concorde (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃kɔʁd] ⓘ) is a station on Lines 1, 8, and 12 of the Paris Métro. Serving the Place de la Concorde in central Paris, it is located in the 1st arrondissement. The station, along with Tuileries and Champs-Élysées-Clemenceau were closed from 17 June to 21 September for the 2024 Summer Olympics.