Achille Valois
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Achille-Joseph-Étienne Valois was a French designer and sculptor who studied for a time in the atelier of Jacques-Louis David and whose sculptural works may be seen in Paris. He also studied with Anto
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Place de la Concorde
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The Place de la Concorde, originally the Place Louis XV, and later the Place Louis XVI, is a public square in Paris. Measuring 7.6 ha in area, it is the largest square in the city. It is located in th
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…XVI for Montpellier and the cast-iron Pêche des coquillages (1838–40) to the central Fontaines de la Concorde, designed by Jacques Ignace Hittorff for Place de la Concorde. Between 1816 and 1827 he produced a statue of Louis XVI, which originally stood in Montpellier before being given as a gift to the city of Louisville…
The Place de la Concorde with its Luxor Obelisk at its centre, seen from the Eiffel Tower
The project by Ange-Jacques Gabriel for Place Louis XV (1758)
Ceremony on the Place Louis XV in 1763
Execution of Louis XVI on the future Place de la Concorde on 21 January 1793