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Axe historique
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The Axe historique is a straightly aligned series of thoroughfare streets, squares, monuments and buildings that extend from the centre of Paris, France, to the west-northwest of the city. It is also
The Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, the obelisk of the Place de la Concorde, the Arc de Triomphe, and the Grande Arche of La Défense, on the same sightl
The Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, the obelisk of the Place de la Concorde, the Arc de Triomphe, and the Grande Arche of La Défense, on the same sightline.
The Axe historique looking west from the Place de la Concorde.
The Axe historique looking west from the Place de la Concorde.
The Axe historique seen from the Tuileries Garden.
The Axe historique seen from the Tuileries Garden.
The Grande Arche seen from the Arc de Triomphe on the Axe historique.
The Grande Arche seen from the Arc de Triomphe on the Axe historique.
Champs-Élysées
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The Avenue des Champs-Élysées, usually shortened to the Champs-Élysées, is an avenue in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The avenue is 1.9 kilometres long and 70 metres wide, running between t
Axe historique
…the west-northwest of the city. It is also known as the Voie Triomphale (French: ; "triumphal way"). The Axe historique began with the creation of the Champs-Élysées, designed in the 17th century to create a vista to the west, extending the central axis of the gardens to the royal Tuileries Palace. Today the Tuileries…
View of the Champs-Élysées from the Arc de Triomphe with the Louvre in the background.
View of the Champs-Élysées from the Arc de Triomphe with the Louvre in the background.
Henri Giffard's captive balloon seen in a bird's-eye view of Paris, 1878. The Avenue des Champs-Élysées can be seen running vertically along the Axe h
Henri Giffard's captive balloon seen in a bird's-eye view of Paris, 1878. The Avenue des Champs-Élysées can be seen running vertically along the Axe historique, between the Place de la Concorde with its Luxor Obelisk (towards the bottom of the image), and the Place de l'Étoile, where the Arc de Triomphe is located (towards the top).
View of the Champs-Élysées from the observation deck of the Arc de Triomphe, c. 1850.
View of the Champs-Élysées from the observation deck of the Arc de Triomphe, c. 1850.
Jean Béraud, Rond-Point des Champs-Élysées, c. 1880.
Jean Béraud, Rond-Point des Champs-Élysées, c. 1880.