View of the Avenue des Champs Elysees from La Place de la Concorde in Paris...

View of the Avenue des Champs Elysees from La Place de la Concorde in Paris Designed by Jacques Ange Gabriel (1698-1782) as a French garden, it is one of the most beautiful French squares. The works began in 1755 and the square was inaugurated in 1763 under the name of Place Louis XV, it became the place of the Revolution in 1792 and became the place of capital executions. Louis Philippe (1773-1850) gave it back its current name. In 1836 he called the architect Jakob Hittorff (1792-1867) to redesign the square with the eight statues of the big cities of France and the fountains surrounding the Luxor obelisque.