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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
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.
Elysium
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Elysium, otherwise known as the Elysian Fields, Elysian Plains or Elysian Realm, is a conception of the afterlife that developed over time and was maintained by some Greek religious and philosophical
Champs-Élysées
…cafés, and luxury shops; as the finish of the Tour de France cycling race; and for its annual Bastille Day military parade. The name is French for the Elysian Fields, the place for dead heroes in Greek mythology. It has been described as the "most beautiful avenue in the whole world". The avenue runs for 1.91 km…
Goethe's Ankunft im Elysia by Franz Nadorp
Goethe's Ankunft im Elysia by Franz Nadorp
Ancient Greek funerary vase (5th century BC). On the face a young woman and a young man pick fruit from a tree. This depicts the afterlife in the Elys
Ancient Greek funerary vase (5th century BC). On the face a young woman and a young man pick fruit from a tree. This depicts the afterlife in the Elysian Fields, where the blessed dead enjoyed golden fruits.
Wax cabinet with the three fathers of the French Revolution, Franklin, Voltaire and Rousseau, installed at Elysium, 1792, (Musée de la Révolution fran
Wax cabinet with the three fathers of the French Revolution, Franklin, Voltaire and Rousseau, installed at Elysium, 1792, (Musée de la Révolution française)
Elysian Fields by Carl Schwabe, 1903
Elysian Fields by Carl Schwabe, 1903