Place Louis XV

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Place Louis XV was the former name of what is now Paris’s Place de la Concorde, a major 18th-century royal square that once prominently featured an equestrian statue of King Louis XV.

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Place Louis XV canonical 13

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Predicate Object
instanceOf public square
urban square
constructionStart 18th century
country France
designedAs royal square
formerNameOf Place de la Concorde
hasCentralMonument equestrian statue of Louis XV
hasFormerName Place Louis XV
Place Louis XV
hasStatue equestrian statue of Louis XV
heritageStatus historic site in Paris
historicalEra Ancien Régime
languageOfName French
locatedIn France
Paris
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory 1st arrondissement of Paris
8th arrondissement of Paris
namedAfter Louis XV of France
notableFor equestrian statue of King Louis XV
royal urban design
partOf historic center of Paris
politicalContext Kingdom of France
replacedBy Place de la Concorde
situatedNear Champs-Élysées
Seine
linked to: River Seine

Tuileries Garden
streetLayoutAxis east–west axis between Tuileries and Champs-Élysées
urbanPlanningFunction monumental royal square
usedFor royal ceremonies

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Hôtel de Crillon squareOriginalName Place Louis XV
Ange-Jacques Gabriel notableWork Place Louis XV
subject linked to: Ange-Jacques
Ange-Jacques Gabriel designed Place Louis XV
subject linked to: Ange-Jacques
View of the Place Louis XV depicts Place Louis XV
Place de la Révolution previousName Place Louis XV
Statue of Louis XVI on Place de la Concorde associatedWith Place Louis XV
Place Louis XV hasFormerName Place Louis XV
Place de la Concorde hasFormerName Place Louis XV
subject linked to: Place Louis XV