Paris is famous Place de la Concorde, a beautiful square
Paris is one of those huge cities, a capital where there is plenty to see and do. This is the most visited city in the world, so it is not surprising that some of the monuments are of the best known worldwide.
One of these sites in the city of Paris is the famous Place de la Concorde, a beautiful square well is the second largest in France and possibly the largest in the country.
Important because this place we have lived throughout their history facts and events as the French Revolution or the Nazi invasion during the Second World War, have become one of the icons of the city.
But if something is called the Place de la Concorde, is the towering monolith that is set in the middle of the plaza. It is an obelisk from the Egyptian city of Luxor and the Egyptians gave to the Parisians as a gift in the nineteenth century. It is an obelisk of Luxor Temple was built during the reign of Ramses II and has more than three thousand years of history.
Thanks to its height, 22 meters long, and its location right in the Champs Elysees, opposite the fountain of La Madeleine, the hotel Crillon and the source of Hittorf, Obelisk can be seen from long distances and from various parts of the city even from atop the Eiffel Tower.