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Missing image Place_de_lEtoile_Paris_night_DSC09126.JPG Even at night, the Place de l'Étoile is busy with cars swirling around its multiple lanes |
Missing image Paris.etoile.arp.750pix.jpg Traffic 10-abreast traverses the Place d L’Etoile. A brave policewoman (in the centre of the photo) is directing the flow |
Missing image Paris_champs_elysees_IOD041002.jpg Place de l'Étoile, seen from above (DigitalGlobe photo) |
The Place de l'Étoile is a large Place in Paris, France, the meeting point of twelve avenues (hence the name "Star Square") including the Champs-Élysées which continues to the east. It was renamed Place Charles de Gaulle in 1970 in honor of President de Gaulle, but is still largely referred to by its original name.
The square lies in the middle of the Axe historique and at its centre stands the Arc de Triomphe.
The Place and the avenues leading to it were extensively redesigned as part of Baron Haussmann's urban planning projects.
Métro and RER station: Charles de Gaulle - Étoile
External link
- Map (http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?location=orrAE%2f%2fP0cWPq%2b3F8PkIInQ98OA7HBzgEFyqWRBxE8DQ99Omqsmy1rWx7D1za2dBvQDIOx2g29PVNOmrRgyvGA%3d%3d&address=Place%20de%20l%27%c3%89toile%201&city=Paris&state=&zipcode=&country=FR&addtohistory=)
La Place de l'étoile is also the title of a novel by French writer Patrick Modiano.fr:Place de l'Étoile ro:Place de l'Étoile