The Ritz Paris is a hotel in central Paris, overlooking the Place Vendôme in the city's 1st arrondissement. A member of The Leading Hotels of the World marketing group, the Ritz Paris is ranked among the most luxurious hotels in the world.
Hôtel Ritz Paris
Garden terrace in The dinner in the Hotel Ritz in Paris (1904), by Pierre-Georges Jeanniot
Place Vendôme Entrance in 2009
Hôtel Ritz Paris, looking north
The Place Vendôme, earlier known as the Place Louis-le-Grand, and also as the Place Internationale, is a square in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France, located to the north of the Tuileries Gardens and east of the Église de la Madeleine. It is the starting point of the Rue de la Paix. Its regular architecture by Jules Hardouin-Mansart and pedimented screens canted across the corners give the rectangular Place Vendôme the aspect of an octagon. The original Vendôme Column at the centre of the square was erected by Napoleon I to commemorate the Battle of Austerlitz; it was torn down on 16 May 1871, by decree of the Paris Commune, but subsequently re-erected and remains a prominent feature on the square today.
Place Vendôme, Paris
The Place Vendôme, circa 1900
The Foire Saint-Ovide around 1770 by Jacques-Gabriel Huquier, Musée de la Révolution française
View to the north with the Couvent des Capucines in the background and Montmartre in the distance