Les Champs Elysées
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The Avenue des Champs-Elysées is the best known avenue in France, and possibly in the world. It stretches for just over a kilometre in length from the Arc de Triomphe to the Place de la Concorde. |
In 1667, King Louis XIV ordered his landscaper Le Notre to plant chestnut trees to extend the royal road from the gardens of Les Tuileries. By the Revolution the Avenue was well known. The Place de la Concorde was the setting for the guillotine.
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The Avenue des Champs Elysées is a patriotic part of every French person. It is the setting for most the important events in France, both planned and unplanned. Every Bastille Day, there is a military parade. The military parade on Bastille Day in the Champs Elysées. Source: http://www.premier-ministre.gouv.fr. |
L'Arc de Triomphe serves as a spontaneous patriotic rallying place for Parisians; for example, it was estimated that a million people surged through the streets here in spontaneous celebration when France won the World Cup in 1998.
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View
of the Champs Elysées at night from Place de la Concorde
towards the Arc de Triomphe.
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The Avenue des Champs Elysées has many high class and expensive shops and restaurants. On the other hand, tourists may buy their burger "chez McDo" and watch the world go by. |