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Champs-Élysées

Avenue des Champs-Élysées

The Avenue des Champs-Élysées is a 1.91 km long, 70-metre-wide ceremonial avenue in the 8th arrondissement of Paris linking the Place de la Concorde to the Place Charles de Gaulle (Arc de Triomphe). It is lined by formal gardens, theatres, cafés and luxury shops and forms part of Paris's Axe historique.

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Explore it in 1670· le nôtre formal garden Explore it in 1816· arc unfinished

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First raised

AD 167

Its prime

1900

Today

Still standing

As it stood in 1900

What Champs-Élysées looked like in its prime.

A straight, broad urban boulevard 1.9 km long with a wide central carriageway flanked by multiple traffic lanes and broad 20-metre sidewalks. Symmetrical rows of clipped chestnut/plane trees form rectangular groves along the avenue; cast-iron lampposts and benches line the promenades. Haussmannian stone façades with ground-floor shopfronts rise along the upper stretch; at the west end a massive stone triumphal arch dominates the horizon, at the east the Obelisk and formal lawns of the Jardin des Champs-Élysées terminate the view.

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9 places to explore in 1900.

The record describes 9 distinct spots at Champs-Élysées, the full exterior approach. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and explore every one, more scenes means more photos, more angles and more of the immersive experience.

Central view along the avenue toward the Arc de TriomphePlace Charles-de-Gaulle at the Arc de TriomphePlace de la Concorde and view onto the avenueRond-point des Champs-Élysées (central roundabout)Promenade (sidewalk) under the paired tree rowsGrand Carré: forecourt of the Grand PalaisPetit Palais entrance steps and porticoCarré Marigny by the Théâtre MarignyPavillon Ledoyen terrace and garden pavilion

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