TEC4681047: Rostrale column, Place de la Concorde in Paris, 75008. Designed by Jacques Ange Gabriel as a French garden, it is one of the most beautiful French squares. Inaugred in 1763 as Place Louis XV, it became the place of the Revolution in 1792 and became the place of the capital executions. Louis-Philippe will give it back its current name. In 1836 he called the architect Hittorf to reshape the square with the eight statues of the big cities of France and the fountains / Bridgeman Images
TEC4681289: L'Arc de Triomphe, Place Charles de Gaulle, Paris 75008. Architecture of Abel Blouet, Jean Francois Chalgrin and Jean-Nicolas L'Abbaye, 1806-1836. Napoleon 1st decided to build an arch to the glory of the Great Armee on the Place de l'Etoile and was inaugurated thirty years later by King Louis Philippe / Bridgeman Images