The Place de la Concorde is situated along the Seine and separates the Tuileries Gardens from the beginning of the Champs Elysées. It is in the 8th arrondissement, or district, of the city. It was the Place de la Révolution where the guillotine that executed Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, Danton, Robespierre, and 2800 others between 1793 and 1795 was located. The "place" today maintains the general appearance that it had in the 18th Century.

 

The statue of Louis XV, removed during the Revolution, was replaced by the Obelisk of Luxor given by the viceroy of Egypt, Mohamed Ali, to Louis Phillipe. The obelisk, 22.83 meters high and weighing 230 tons, which marked the entrance to the Amon temple at Luxor, was installed in 1836 and remains today.