Tourist Information
In Paris's 8th arrondissement, the Place de la Concorde (Concorde Square) was designed by Jacques Ange Gabriel to honor Louis the Fifteenth, and was refurbished in 1839, when King Louis-Philippe had the Luxor obelisk erected.
The Place de la Concorde is one of Paris's best known sites with entrances on one side from the Jardin des Tuileries and on the other from the Avenue des Champs Elysées.
The Rue Royale leads off No. 1, Place de la Concorde and the 7th arrondissement is accessible via the Pont de la Concorde (Concorde Bridge), which terminates outside the Deputies' Chamber.
The square itself is made up of the two sumptuous fountains of the Hôtel de Crillon and the Hôtel de la Marine.
It was formerly known as the Louis the Fifteenth Square, and the protests of the 1789 revolution made the Place de la Concorde the epicenter of the troubles, with King Louis the Sixteenth being guillotined there in 1793 alongside his Queen, Marie Antoinette. Thousands of other enemies of the revolution were also executed there.
Today, the Place de la Concorde remains a must-see for tourists and is regularly the backdrop to one-off political demonstrations.
During your trip to Paris in the neighborhood around the Place de la Concorde, France Hotel Guide can offer you a range of luxury hotels, boutique hotels, romantic and charming hotels and budget hotels.
