Ange-Jacques Gabriel was the principal architect of King Louis XV of France. His major works included the Place de la Concorde, the École Militaire, and the Petit Trianon and opera theater at the Palace of Versailles. His style was a careful balance between French Baroque architecture and French neoclassicism.
Ange Jacques Gabriel by Jean-Baptiste Greuze
The Place Louis XV in about 1775
The Place de la Concorde
Gabriel's plan for the École Militaire
The Place de la Concorde is one of the major public squares in Paris, France. Measuring 7.6 ha in area, it is the largest square in the French capital. It is located in the city's eighth arrondissement, at the eastern end of the Champs-Élysées.
The Place de la Concorde
The project by Ange-Jacques Gabriel for Place Louis XV (1758)
Ceremony on the Place Louis XV in 1763
The execution of Louis XVI on the future Place de la Concorde on 21 January 1793