"palm. The designer treats her artistic construction as Leftist. The palm was made by an American] company Soul-utions.Com. The palm was made using synthetic organics and natural materials. The palm has a height of fifteen metres, and is waterproof. The palm's stability is supported by concrete prefabricates. Greetings from Jerusalem Avenues Pozdrowienia z Alej Jerozolimskich (meaning ""Greetings from Jerusalem Avenues"") is an artistic construction in the form of an artificial date palm, designed by Polish artist Joanna Rajkowska, located on the Charles de Gaulle's Roundabout (""rondo gen. Charles’a de Gaulle’a"") in the Polish capital of Warsaw since December 12, 2002."
"Champs-Élysées The Avenue des Champs-Élysées () is an avenue in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France, long and wide, running between the Place de la Concorde and the Place Charles de Gaulle, where the Arc de Triomphe is located. It is known for its theatres, cafés, and luxury shops, for the annual Bastille Day military parade, and as the finish of the Tour de France cycle race. The name is French for the Elysian Fields, the paradise for dead heroes in Greek mythology. Champs-Élysées is widely regarded to be one of the most recognisable avenues in the world. The avenue"
"Place de l'Étoile, is shared between three arrondissements, 16th (south and west), 17th (north), and 8th (east). Arc de Triomphe The Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile (, ""Triumphal Arch of the Star"") is one of the most famous monuments in Paris, standing at the western end of the Champs-Élysées at the center of Place Charles de Gaulle, formerly named ""Place de l'Étoile"" — the ""étoile"" or ""star"" of the juncture formed by its twelve radiating avenues. The location of the arc and the plaza is shared between three arrondissements, 16th (south and west), 17th (north), and 8th (east). The Arc"
"Arc de Triomphe The Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile (, ""Triumphal Arch of the Star"") is one of the most famous monuments in Paris, standing at the western end of the Champs-Élysées at the center of Place Charles de Gaulle, formerly named ""Place de l'Étoile"" — the ""étoile"" or ""star"" of the juncture formed by its twelve radiating avenues. The location of the arc and the plaza is shared between three arrondissements, 16th (south and west), 17th (north), and 8th (east). The Arc de Triomphe should not be confused with a smaller arch, the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, which"
"west to east these are: George V by the Hôtel George-V, Franklin D. Roosevelt at the rond-point des Champs-Élysées, Champs-Élysées – Clemenceau at place Clemenceau and Concorde at the southern end of the avenue, where the Place de la Concorde is located. Champs-Élysées The Avenue des Champs-Élysées () is an avenue in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France, long and wide, running between the Place de la Concorde and the Place Charles de Gaulle, where the Arc de Triomphe is located. It is known for its theatres, cafés, and luxury shops, for the annual Bastille Day military parade, and as"
"of Haussmann's renovation of Paris. The twelve avenues, clockwise from the north, are the following: The ""place"" is symmetrical and thus has six axes: The Place Charles de Gaulle (as well as the Arc de Triomphe) is split between the 8th, 16th and the 17th arrondissements of Paris: The square is surrounded by two streets forming a circle around it: the ""rue de Presbourg"" and the ""rue de Tilsitt"" which have been so named since 1864, after diplomatic successes of Napoleon I which led to the signing of the Treaty of Presbourg in 1805 and the Treaties of Tilsit in"
"number of organizations are based in the 16th arrondissement, including Radio France and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The 17th arrondissement to the west of the 18th arrondissement marks the northwestern suburbs of the city. The avenues Avenue de la Grande Armée, Avenue de Wagram and Avenue des Ternes pass through the district. It has several squares, including Place Charles de Gaulle (with the Arc de Triomphe, bordering 16th and 8th), Place de Wagram, Place des Ternes and Square des Batignolles, the latter of which is in the neighbourhood of Batignolles, which also contains the Batignolles Cemetery and"
"and the Musée de la Légion d'honneur. The Ukrainian Embassy and the World Heritage Centre lie in the 7th arrondissement, and several bridges crossing the Seine include Pont de la Concorde and Pont Royal. The Avenue des Champs-Élysées is a 17th-century avenue connecting the Place de la Concorde and the Napoleonic Arc de Triomphe, which straddles the 8th, 16th and 17th arrondissements. It is a major tourist attraction and shopping street, one of the most famous routes of the World, hosting labels such as Sephora, Lancel, Louis Vuitton and Guerlain, as well as Renault, Toyota and numerous small souvenir outlets,"
"Avenue Kléber Avenue Kléber is one of the avenues in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. It is one of the twelve avenues leading out of the Arc de Triomphe. It was named after Jean Baptiste Kléber, a French general during the French Revolutionary Wars. Before 1879, it was called ""l'avenue du Roi-de-Rome"", in memory of Napoleon II. It is ""lined with grand examples of the ceremonial, yet never austere, buildings favored by Haussmann."" Of note are the Icelandic and Peruvian embassies (Number 8 and Number 50, respectively), the Hôtel Raphael at Number 17, and The Peninsula Paris hotel at Number"
"Avenue Foch Avenue Foch () is a street in Paris, France, named after World War I Marshal Ferdinand Foch in 1929. It is one of the most prestigious streets in Paris, and one of the most expensive addresses in the world, home to many grand palaces, including ones belonging to the Onassis and Rothschild families. The Rothschilds once owned numbers 19-21. It is located in the 16th arrondissement and runs from the Arc de Triomphe southwest to the Porte Dauphine at the edge of the Bois de Boulogne city park. It is the widest avenue in Paris and is lined"
"Place Charles de Gaulle The Place Charles de Gaulle, historically known as the Place de l'Étoile (), is a large road junction in Paris, France, the meeting point of twelve straight avenues (hence its historic name, which translates as ""Square of the Star"") including the Champs-Élysées. It was renamed in 1970 following the death of General and President Charles de Gaulle. It is still often referred to by its original name, and the nearby metro station retains the designation Charles de Gaulle – Étoile. Paris Axe historique (""historical axis"") cuts through the Arc de Triomphe, which stands at the centre"
"Avenue d'Italie The avenue d'Italie is one of the main communication axes of the 13th arrondissement of Paris. It goes from Place d'Italie to Porte d'Italie, crossing the Rue de Tolbiac. Line 7 of the Paris metro has four stations along the avenue. The avenue is 1 294 m long and 70 m w. It takes its name from the destination of the travellers who used to continue straight after the porte d'Italie : it is there that Nationale 7, a road linking Paris to the Italian border, begins. The avenue d'Italie is part of the Maison-Blanche district, and separates"
"Avenue de Wagram Avenue de Wagram is a street in the 8th and 17th arrondissements of Paris, extending from the Place de Wagram to the Place Charles-de-Gaulle (formerly Place de l'Étoile, and the site of the Arc de Triomphe). It is long and wide, and is divided into two sections by the Place des Ternes. It was renamed on 2 March 1864 for Napoleon's 1809 victory at the Battle of Wagram; the section between Avenue des Ternes and the Place de l'Étoile was formerly known as ""Boulevard de l'Étoile"" or ""Boulevard de Bezons"" and the section between Avenue des Ternes"
"runs for 1.91 km (1.18 mi) through the 8th arrondissement in northwestern Paris, from the Place de la Concorde in the east, with the Obelisk of Luxor, to the Place Charles de Gaulle (formerly the ""Place de l'Étoile"") in the west, location of the Arc de Triomphe. The Champs-Élysées forms part of the ""Axe historique"". The lower part of the Champs-Élysées, from the Place de la Concorde to the Rond-Point, runs through the Jardin des Champs-Élysées, a park which contains the Grand Palais, the Petit Palais, the Théâtre Marigny, and several restaurants, gardens and monuments. The Élysée Palace, the official"
"Avenue de Malakoff The Avenue de Malakoff is a street in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. It was given its present name in 1854, the year in which French troops captured the Malakhov Tower during the Crimean War, leading to the subsequent capture of nearby Sevastopol the following year. 410 metres long and 23.5 metres wide, it begins at the avenue Foch and ends at a junction with boulevard de l'Amiral-Bruix and the avenue de la Grande-Armée. It formerly began at place du Trocadéro but in 1936 the section between place du Trocadéro and avenue Foch was renamed avenue Raymond-Poincaré."
"Avenue de la Grande Armée The Avenue de la Grande Armée is a street in Paris on the boundary between the 16th and 17th arrondissements. It was formerly named avenue de la Porte Maillot as part of Route nationale 13, but was renamed to its present name in 1864 in honour of the Grande Armée of the Napoleonic Wars. It begins at place de l’Étoile and ends in a junction with avenue de Malakoff and boulevard Pereire. It is 775 metres long and 70 metres wide. It continues on the same alignment as the Avenue des Champs-Élysées, which is continued"
"confluence of vehicular traffic from the juncture of twelve radiating avenues. In 1787, during the construction of the Farmers-General Wall (""Mur des Fermiers généraux""), la ""Barrière de l'Étoile"" (also known as the ""Barrière de Neuilly"") was built to the design of Claude Nicolas Ledoux for the collection of the octroi tax at the entrance to Paris. The wall and the two buildings built on either side of the ""Place de l'Étoile"" were demolished in the nineteenth century. The modern Place Charles de Gaulle and the avenues radiating from it were created during the Second Empire of Napoleon III as part"
"million. The network consists of two standard gauge lines of a total length of 13 km and 23 stations. It is electrified through an overhead contact line of 750 V. The tram runs on a flat piece of land surrounded by grass on the Avenue Foch, the Boulevard de Strasbourg and the Avenue Bois au Coq. The section shared by lines A and B part depart from the beach towards the train station, along the Boulevard de Strasbourg, the Hôtel de Ville, the Sous-préfecture et the Palais de Justice, then along the Cours de la République and the new tunnel."
"and Place de Wagram, as ""Route départementale n°6"". The street was first opened on 16 January 1789 between Rue de Tilsitt and Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré, then on 13 August 1854 was extended to the Place de l'Étoile. Salle Wagram Avenue de Wagram Avenue de Wagram is a street in the 8th and 17th arrondissements of Paris, extending from the Place de Wagram to the Place Charles-de-Gaulle (formerly Place de l'Étoile, and the site of the Arc de Triomphe). It is long and wide, and is divided into two sections by the Place des Ternes. It was renamed on 2 March"
"avenue. The axis found itself extended yet again, with ambitious projects for the western extremity of the modern plaza. It was not until the 1980s, under president François Mitterrand, that a project was initiated, with a modern 20th century version of the ""Arc de Triomphe"". This is the work of Danish architect Johann Otto von Spreckelsen, ""La Grande Arche de la Fraternité"" (also known as simply ""La Grande Arche"" or ""L'Arche de la Défense""), a monument to humanity and humanitarian ideals rather than militaristic victories. It was inaugurated in 1989. The network of railway lines and road tunnels beneath the"
"Avenue d'Iéna The Avenue d'Iéna is a tree-lined avenue in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, running from the Trocadéro (Avenue Albert De Mun) to the Place de l'Étoile. Passing through Place d'Iéna, Place de l'Amiral de Grasse, Place de l'Uruguay and Place Richard de Coudenhove Kalergi on the way. It is named from the neighbouring bridge across the Seine, the Pont d'Iéna (itself named after the Battle of Iena). It has a length of some 1150 m and an average width of some 35 m. The avenue is intersected by: The closest metro stations are: On the March 2, 1864,"
"16th arrondissement of Paris The 16th arrondissement of Paris (""XVI arrondissement"") is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, this arrondissement is referred to as ""seizième"". The arrondissement includes part of the Arc de Triomphe, and a concentration of museums between the and the , complemented in 2014 by the Fondation Louis Vuitton. With its ornate 19th-century buildings, large avenues, prestigious schools, museums, and various parks, the arrondissement has long been known as one of French high society's favourite places of residence (comparable to London's Kensington and Chelsea) to such an extent that"
"Paris, which runs from the Louvre through the Tuileries Garden, the Luxor Column in the Place de la Concorde, and the Arc de Triomphe, to the Grande Arche of La Défense. Several other much-visited landmarks are located in the suburbs of the city; the Basilica of St Denis, in Seine-Saint-Denis, is the birthplace of the Gothic style of architecture and the royal necropolis of French kings and queens. The Paris region hosts three other UNESCO Heritage sites: the Palace of Versailles in the west, the Palace of Fontainebleau in the south, and the medieval fairs site of Provins in the"
"the north with the Paris Observatory in the south and an east-west axis from the Place de la Concorde along the Rue de Rivoli to the Rue Saint-Antoine. He built wide new avenues, including the Boulevard Saint-Germain, the Avenue de l'Opéra, Avenue Foch (originally Avenue de l'impératrice), Avenue Voltaire, the Boulevard de Sébastopol and Avenue Haussmann. He planted more than one hundred thousand trees along the new avenues. Where they intersected, he built new squares, fountains and parks. to give more harmony to the appearance of the city, He imposed strict architectural standards for the buildings along the new boulevards;"
"the Richelieu wing to the north (on the rue de Rivoli); and the Denon wing to the south (bordering the Seine). Since 2003, the ""Comité national pour la reconstruction des Tuileries"" has been proposing to rebuild the Tuileries Palace. Since the destruction of 1883, the famous perspective of the Champs-Élysées, which ended on the façade of the Tuileries Palace, now ends at the ""Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel"", formerly centered on the Tuileries but now occupying a large empty space. The Louvre, with its pyramid on the one hand, and the Axe historique of the Place de la Concorde-Champs-Élysées-Arc de"
"Axe historique (also known as the ""Voie Triomphale""), a seven-kilometre straight line of structures and thoroughfares, including the Place de la Concorde, Champs-Élysées, the Arc de Triomphe and the Grande Arche de La Défense. Pavillon de Flore The Pavillon de Flore, part of the Palais du Louvre in Paris, France, stands at the southwest end of the Louvre, near the Pont Royal. It was originally constructed in 1607–1610, during the reign of Henry IV, as the corner pavilion between the Tuileries Palace to the north and the Louvre's Grande Galerie to the east. The pavilion was entirely redesigned and rebuilt"
"built on the surface since it would affect the appearance of the Arc de Triomphe and breach the Arc's listing statute. In 2009 an accident occurred there every two weeks. In March 2015, the tunnel was ""provisorly"" close, as of Novembre 2017 it was still closed. Tunnel de l'Étoile The tunnel de l'Étoile is a road tunnel in Paris. It links the avenue des Champs-Élysées to the avenue de la Grande Armée, passing underneath the place Charles-de-Gaulle and the Arc de Triomphe. It is around 400 metres long and has two one way lanes. Its entrance has been the site"
"by the avenue Charles-de-Gaulle as far as Neuilly-sur-Seine, towards la Défense. The tunnel de l'Étoile under the Arc de Triomphe directly links the avenue des Champs-Élysées to the avenue de la Grande-Armée. The avenue has been occupied by a number of business: Avenue de la Grande Armée The Avenue de la Grande Armée is a street in Paris on the boundary between the 16th and 17th arrondissements. It was formerly named avenue de la Porte Maillot as part of Route nationale 13, but was renamed to its present name in 1864 in honour of the Grande Armée of the Napoleonic"
"and small disease-prone districts in the centre of Paris encouraged the development of the disease. He commenced the cutting of 13 metre-wide roads through Paris with the widening of the Rue Rambuteau in 1839, which was later named after him. This was the first time wide roads had been built in central Paris. Under his administration, the Arc de Triomphe in the Place de l'Étoile was finished and the building of the great avenue of the Champs-Élysées was commenced. The motto of Rambuteau was: ""water, air, shade"". He thus modernised the sewers of Paris and ordered the construction of many"
"Arc de Triomphe which wounded 17 people as part of a campaign of bombings. In late 2018, the Arc de Triomphe suffered acts of vandalism and graffiti as part of the Yellow vests movement protests. The astylar design is by Jean Chalgrin (1739–1811), in the Neoclassical version of ancient Roman architecture (see, for example, the triumphal Arch of Titus). Major academic sculptors of France are represented in the sculpture of the ""Arc de Triomphe"": Jean-Pierre Cortot; François Rude; Antoine Étex; James Pradier and Philippe Joseph Henri Lemaire. The main sculptures are not integral friezes but are treated as independent trophies"
"In the street was the théâtre Malakoff, little theatrical venue at the beginning of the XXe century. Avenue de Malakoff The Avenue de Malakoff is a street in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. It was given its present name in 1854, the year in which French troops captured the Malakhov Tower during the Crimean War, leading to the subsequent capture of nearby Sevastopol the following year. 410 metres long and 23.5 metres wide, it begins at the avenue Foch and ends at a junction with boulevard de l'Amiral-Bruix and the avenue de la Grande-Armée. It formerly began at place du"
"arts and increased the display area of the Museum of Modern Art. The Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile is one of the most famous monuments in Paris. It stands in the centre of the Place Charles de Gaulle (originally named Place de l'Étoile), at the western end of the Champs-Élysées. It should not be confused with a smaller arch, the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, which stands west of the Louvre. The Arc de Triomphe (in English: ""Triumphal Arch"") honours those who fought and died for France in the French Revolutionary and the Napoleonic Wars, with the names of all"
"of the """"Vieux Louvre"""", as the disused palace was called, with the court of the Tuileries, by sweeping away the intervening buildings, finally came to fruition in the early 19th century. Consequently, the older axis extending from the courtyard of the Louvre is slightly skewed to the rest of what has become the ""Axe historique,"" but the ""Arc du Carrousel"", at the fulcrum between the two, serves to disguise the discontinuity. To the west, the completion of the Arc de Triomphe in 1836 on the Place de l'Étoile at the western end of the Champs Élysées formed the far point"