Place de la Concorde (Paris, France) : Detail of terminating lamp, lamp post in the shape of a rostral column

Creator:

Gabriel, Ange-Jacques, 1698-1782
Hittorff, Jacques-Ignace, 1792-1867

Published/Created:

Paris, Île-de-France, France
1755- ca.1775 ; 1829-1854 (alteration)

Physical Description:

86,400 m2 (area)

Date Depicted:

1997
1700 AD - 1799 AD
1800 AD - 1849 AD

Materials:

paving; stone

Notes:

The commission for the Place Louis XV was awarded to the Premier Architecte, Anges-Jacques Gabriel. A preliminary design was approved in 1755; the definitive plan in 1757. Construction of the Place Louis XV continued until the 1770s. Under the direction of Nicolas-Marie Potain, Gabriel’s scheme transformed the muddy Esplanade into a knuckle that reinforced the great east–west axis of the Louvre and the Champs-Elysées, subsequently extended to Neuilly, and linked it with the peripheral boulevards, the Cours de la Reine and, via a bridge built by Perronet in 1786, the Left Bank . The Place Louis XV acted as a catalyst for residential development along the north side of the Champs-Elysées. The Comte de Rambuteau levelled and widened the line of boulevards from the Bastille to the re-named Place de la Concorde (ca. 1840), also redesigned by Hittorff (1829-1854).

Variant Titles:

Place Louis XV

Topics:

Architecture -- France -- 18th century -- (YVRC)
Architecture -- France -- 19th century -- (YVRC)

Period/Style:

Eighteenth century
Nineteenth century

Culture:

French

Accession Number:

1A1-GAJ-PC-D5

Genre:

architecture (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Sculptures, Models, & Architecture

Rights:

Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Digital:

Street lighting architecture; cityscape; City planning Nineteenth century built works; hydraulic structures; water distribution structures; fountains; built works; monuments; obelisks (monumental pillars); open spaces; squares (open spaces); visual works;

Source Creator:

Gilchrist, Scott

Source Title:

Archivision Addition Module Five

Source Created:

2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
1997

Source Note:

Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Local Record Number:

4090

OID:

10051704

PID:

digcoll:1846492