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Place de la Concorde was always important in the history of France and Paris. It is one of the most important squares in Paris. Has been the center of the field is home to some of the ugly things that tell only part of the history of France and Paris.
First, it octagon, surrounded by a moat, according to the design of Jacques Ange Gabriel in 1755. To the west of the Champs Elysees, and to the east. Tuileries Gardens was a beautiful place, with gardens and fountains, and it was built in honor of Louis XV, who was king then, and named after him. The statue of the king astride the horse, through Bouchardon Edmé, who died before it was completed, and Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, who took over the former sculpture when he died. It also has two beautiful stone buildings typical of the architectural style of the time, both completely, in the north of the arena.
Renamed Place de la Revolution and the destruction of statues, to be replaced by the guillotine, and during the French Revolution, and give the area’s bloody history, as well. Death of the famous King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette were also here.
Of December 21, 1833, the area was home to a large Egyptian obelisk Historically, 23 meters. And once stood tall and proud at the gate of the Temple of Luxor, and the year 3300. Hieroglyphic obelisk and paid tribute to the Pharaoh Ramses II. Given two obelisks to the French government, but only can display one to France with the limited technology available during that period. President Mitterrand gave the obelisk in the end, the other in the nineties.