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Between the Champs Elysees and the Tuileries Gardens, lies the Place de la Concorde.
History
Place de la Concorde is often associated with some of the dark and often bloody events that took place on its pavement. In 1770, for example, 133 spectators were trampled to death at a huge fireworks display on the occasion of Marie-Antoinette's wedding to the Dauphin.
A few decades later, the revolutionaries, who were intent on eliminating all royalist monuments trom the face of the earth, removed Louis XlV's statue, dubbed the plaza Place de la Revolution, and set up their guillotine on it. Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette and 1,119 other people lost their lives here. The square was officially renamed Place de la Concorde in 1830.
The Obelisk
In the center of the plaza is the Obelisk of Luxor, a pink granite monolith 23 m (73 ft) high and weighing an amazing 220 tons. It is over 3,300 years old and decorated with hieroglyphics exalting the reign of the pharaoh Ramses II.
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