Paris, France
Place de la Concorde
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Good for kids
Wheelchair-accessible entrance
At the moment, the place has no crowd due to lockdown..but it is beautiful. I enjoyed it personally as I prefer serenity over crowd
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The Obelisk is the oldest monument in Paris, from the Temple of Luxor in Egypt (Egyptian 18th and 19th dynasties, around 1550 and 1150 BC). But the obelisk was erected during the reign of Ramses II (1250 BC approx). It was offered in 1830 to Charles X of France by Mehemet Ali. A ship was loaded with the monolith in December 1831 and arrived in Paris in August 1834, after going up the Seine (on one of the plates you can see the explanation of the transfer operation). Today there is a campaign for their return to Egypt
The Luxor Obelisks (French: Obélisque de Louxor) are a pair of Ancient Egyptian obelisks carved to stand either side of the portal of the Luxor Temple in the reign of Ramesses II. The left-hand obelisk remains in its location in Egypt, but the right-hand stone, 23 metres (75 ft) high, is now at the centre of the Place de la Concorde in Paris, France. The Luxor Obelisk in Paris was classified officially as a Monument historique in 1936; beneath it is the Métro station, Concorde. The obelisks are of yellow granite and inscribed with hieroglyphs in honour of the Pharaoh Ramesses II. The 3,000-year-old obelisks were originally both situated outside of Luxor Temple. The Parisian example first arrived in Paris on 21 December 1833, having been shipped from Luxor via Alexandria and Cherbourg,[1] and three years later, on 25 October 1836, was moved to the centre of Place de la Concorde by King Louis-Phillipe. It had been given to France by Muhammad Ali Pasha, ruler of Ottoman Egypt in exchange for a French mechanical clock. After the Obelisk was taken, the mechanical clock provided in exchange was discovered to be faulty, having probably been damaged during transport. The clock still exists in a clock-tower at Cairo Citadel and is still not working
Unfortunately the ferris wheel (Roue de Paris) is no longer there but it is worth seeing the obelisk. My son and I lucked out because it was a cloudy/sunny spring day in Paris which made it perfect for pics. The best part is the obelisk looks different at different times of the day (we were in Paris 14 days and drove through the Place de la Concorde many times) as well as in sunshine and clouds. The black/golden gilded gate which leads to the Place de la Concorde is incredible and you can get great long distance shots of the Eiffel Tower. It was tough to get alone shots of the fountain and you had to time it just right to get the water flowing. A must see in Paris!!
Carved in ancient time’s from one piece of solid granite. How day do dat? STILL has its Mojo working.
The Luxor Obelisk in the Place de la Concorde with the Eiffel tower to the rear at night, Paris is beautiful to watch specially at night. Visited this place few years back and still a wonderful memory of this place. Hopefully will visit the place one more time in near future.
I first noticed it when we had to exit at the Concorde metro due to the strikes. The column is quite tall and stood out from the rest of the area. Aside from the golden top, there was also golden writing near the base. I wasn't able to take a look since we were on the way to Versaille. It is also in the middle of the road so it requires some care to get close to. We happened to pass by again and noticed that there were hieroglyphics along the side of the column. It was quite amazing. It gets lit up at night but you can't see the golden tip. I also didn't realise that it was beside the Tuileries Garden and down the road (a bit far down) from the Arc de Triumph. It was something interesting to see and owrh the visit to the area.
It has an Egyptian pre Christian golden obelisk atop a hieroglyphic stone in the centre. It was gifted to Napolean Bonaparte by some King. The square which has this obelisk is large!
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