8/50.- Paris, Place de la Concorde
We are now in Place de la Concorde, not far from
the Louvre museum The river Seine sits at our
right. This is the largest square in Paris, and
although it was constructed between 1757 and 1777,
it has a long history. In this square the infamous
guillotine was used to kill more than 1,300 heads
of members of the 'antique' regime. After the
revolution the square received its current name:
'Place de la Concorde' (=peace).
At the left you can see the Obelisk of Luxor, a
present the viceroy of Egypt gave to Charles X in
1829 -If you want to visit the original location of
the Obelisk in Egypt, click
here. At the right you can see the big wheel,
from where there is a great landscape view of the
center of Paris.
Click on the photo to interact with a panorama
of the Place de la Condorde, or click on the link to continue
the photo tour ...
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