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Paris Pages; Place de la Concorde |
 | | The Place de la Concorde, which is the largest place in Paris, is situated along the Seine and separates the Tuilerie Gardens from the beginning of the Champs Elysées. |
 | | The place was constructed to hold an equestrian statue of Louis XV that the city of Paris commissioned in 1748 from Bouchardon to offer to the king. |
 | | In contrast to older places that were closed, la Place de la Concorde, largely open, served as an intersection as well as a decoration. |
| www.paris.org /Monuments/Concorde (706 words) |