Place de la Nation

The Place de la Nation is a place in the east of Paris on the border 11 to 12 arrondissement and the 44th district of Sainte-Marguerite and the 46th Quartier de Picpus. He is one of the largest and most important transportation hubs of the city.

History

The place was once on the wall of farmer-general. On the former open space of the village Picpus you put on July 26, 1660 on the occasion of the solemn feed of the royal couple, Louis XIV and Maria Theresa of Austria in Paris a throne on which was located on the return trip from Saint -Jean -de -Luz, where had married. The square was named Place du Trone. After the French Revolution, the square was renamed. 1784 was built on the western sally port of the wall of the farmers-general two columns with the statues of Philip II and Louis IX. , The architect Claude Nicolas Ledoux had planned. They stand today on Avenue du Trone. 1794 was erected on the square a guillotine, and taught numerous personalities out, including Cécile Renault and sixteen Carmelite nuns.

1841 put the city council whether to set up the Paris landmark "Elephant of the Bastille " here, but in 1843 it was decided differently. On 14 July 1880, the place got its present name. A year earlier they gave Jules Dalou the application of a monumental sculpture for the center of the square. The Triumph of the Republic was founded in 1889 on the occasion of the centenary of the revolution inaugurated in plaster and passed ten years later as a bronze statue again to the public. Until the 1960s, a fountain surrounded the statue. Today, the bronze sculpture stands on a grass verge.

Traffic

The Place de la Nation is a traffic circle with an outer and an inner ring in the middle of an island is planted with flower beds and a bronze sculpture. Inner and outer rings are separated by a green strip with trees.

In the square lead the Avenue du Trone, Avenue du Bel-Air, Rue Fabre- d'Églantine, Rue Jaucourt, the Avenue Dorian, the Boulevard Diderot, the Rue du Faubourg -Saint- Antoine, with the square of the Place de la Bastille connects the Boulevard Voltaire, Avenue Philippe -Auguste, the Rue de Tunis, Avenue de Bouvines and the Avenue de Bourg waist. 48.8483333333332.3958333333333Koordinaten: 48 ° 50 ' 54 " N, 2 ° 23' 45" E

  • Place in Paris
  • Place in Europe
  • Street in the 11th arrondissement (Paris)
11th arrondissement of Paris 12th arrondissement of Paris Paris Quarters
652303
de