Place de la Concorde
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Coordinates: 48°51′56″N 2°19′16″E / 48.86556°N 2.32111°E
 The Place de la Concorde as seen frae the Eiffel Tour | |
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| Lenth | 359 m (1,178 ft) |
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| Width | 212 m (696 ft) |
| Arrondissement | 8t |
| Quarter | La Madeleine |
| Construction | |
| Completion | 1772 |
| Denomination | 1830 |
The Place de la Concorde (French pronunciation: [plas də la kɔ̃kɔʁd]) is ane o the major public squares in Paris, Fraunce. Measurin 8.64 hectares (21.3 acres) in aurie, it is the lairgest square in the French caipital. It is locatit in the ceety's aicht arrondissement, at the eastren end o the Champs-Élysées. In the French Revolution it wis called the Place de la Révolution, (where Philippe Égalité an Queen Marie Antoinette as well as Keeng Louis XVI were executed)
