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8 . Avenue des Champs-Elysées
This was the setting for the victory
parades following the two World
Wars, and for the bicentennial parade
in 1989. CHAMPS-ELYSEES
CHAILLOT
QUARTER
S e i n e
INVALIDES AND
Metro Champs-Elysées- EIFFEL TOWER QUARTER
Clemenceau
Locator Map
See Central Paris Map pp16–17
AVE GABRIEL
Key
Suggested route
AVE DE MARIGNY 0 metres 100 100
0 yards
AVE DES CHAMPS ELYSEES
The Jardins des Champs-Elysées,
with their fountains, flower beds,
paths and pleasure pavilions,
became very popular towards the
end of the 19th century. Fashion­
able Parisians, including Marcel
To the Place de Proust, often came here.
PL
la Concorde
AVE DES CHAMPS ELYSEES
CLEMENCEAU
AVE WINSTON CHURCHILL

COURS LA REINE 4 . Petit Palais

PONT ALEXANDRE III ranging collections it contains, from
Lit by natural light, this palace is as
much a work of art as the wide­
antiquity to the Belle Epoque.

To the
Invalides 1 . Pont Alexandre III
The bridge’s four columns help to
anchor the piers that absorb the
immense forces generated by such
a large single­span structure.

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