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Champs Elysees

In 1616, Marie de Medicis designed the “Cours de la Reine”, three lanes that Lenotre prolonged to the Jardin des Tuileries and the Duc d’Angouleme to the Butte Chaillot (today Place de l’Etoile). It’s only in 1709 that the boulevard was named Champs-Elysees.
It was the place where the kings showed themselves to the people. When they were in a good mood they gave wine and bread to their humble subjects. It’s a tradition that survived even the French revolution since the general mood in Paris was very inflammable and distributing food calmed the people a bit. For a long time the Champs-Elysees had a very bad reputation, especially at night. But more and more bourgeois started to build hotels de maitre all along the boulevard and the trend became to live here and to make promenades along the road to show off. But at night it stayed dangerous: Napoleon’s soldiers murdered Philippe Lebon, inventor of the gas lamp, who contributed a lot to Paris safety.
1814 was a very bad year…The Prussians and English had their bivouac in the Tuileries gardens and the place de la Concorde, the Russian had put up their tents on the Champs Elysees. When in March 1814 winter had a very severe return, mostly all the trees of the Champs were sacrificed. It lasted years to restore the Champs like it was before!

Cambodge, 1990, The Horse Trainer and white knight

Comoren Islands, 1964, Grand Palace, Horses

France, 1964, Grande Palais, Horses of Marlies

France, 1989, Historic Sights

France, 1994, Champs Elysees

France, 2004, Arc de Triomphe

France, 2004, Parks of the Paris

France, 2011, Parade near Arc de Triomphe de l’Etoile

French Polinesie, 1964, Grande Palais, Horses of Marlies

French Somalia Coast, 1964, Grande Palais, Horses of Marlies

Guyana, 1995, Bastilia day

Latvia, 2004, Louvre and Arc de Triomphe

Marshall Islands, 1994, Войска маршируют по Елисейским полям

New Caledonia, 1964, Horses of Marlies

St. Pierre and Miquelon, 1964, Grande Palais, Horses of Marlies

USA, 1945, US Troops marching through Paris

Wallis & Futuna, 1964, Grande Palais, Horses of Marlies

France, Paris, post office Champs Elysees

France, 1994.12.31, Paris. Champs Elysees

France, 1996, Panorama of Paris

France, 2004, Arc de Triomphe

France, 2005, Arc de Triomphe de l’Etoile

France, 2007, Arc de Triomphe

France, 2007, Arc de Triomphe

France, 2007, Arc de Triomphe

France, 2007, Arc de Triomphe

France, 2007, Champs Elysees

France, 2007, Notre-Dame, Arc de Triomphe

France, 1935, Arc de Triomphe

France, 1936, Arc de Triomphe

France, 1989, Panorama of Paris