THE RENAISSANCE: FRANCE

Figure 6.12 – A diagrammatic plan showing successive stages in the western expansion of Paris along the axis of the Champs Elysées to the bridge at Neuilly and beyond.

Key: a, Ile de la Cité; b, Ile St Louis; c, the Louvre; d, the Tuileries Gardens; e, the Arc de Triomphe location on the Butte de Chaillot; f, the line of the Grands Boulevards; g, the Bastille, 1, Pont Neuf; 2, Place Dauphine; 3, Place des Vosges; 4, Place des Victoires; 5, Place Vendôme; 6, site of the Place de la Concorde.

THE RENAISSANCE : FRANCE

Figure 6.12 - A diagrammatic plan showing successive stages in the western expansion of Paris along the axis of the Champs Elysées to the bridge at Neuilly and beyond.

Key: a, Ile de la Cité; b, Ile St Louis; c, the Louvre; d, the Tuileries Gardens; e, the Arc de Triomphe location on the Butte de Chaillot; f, the line of the Grands Boulevards; g, the Bastille; h, Pont Neuf; i, Place Dauphine; j, Place des Vosges; k, Place des Victoires; l, Place Vendôme; m, site of the Place de la Concorde.