Place de la Concorde

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Place de la Concorde

Paris · Landmark

The Place de la Concorde, originally the Place Louis XV, and later the Place Louis XVI, is a public square in Paris. Measuring 7.6 ha in area, it is the largest square in the city. It is located in the 8th arrondissement, at the eastern end of the Champs-Élysées.

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Country: Paris · Landmark
Latitude: 48.87° N
Longitude: 2.32° E

Which way is Place de la Concorde from…

From London, Place de la Concorde lies at 148° to the south-east, 342 km as the crow flies.

London	148° south-east	342 km
New York	54° north-east	5,835 km
Madrid	25° north-east	1,053 km
Rome	318° north-west	1,108 km
Montreal	57° north-east	5,503 km
Saint-Denis, Réunion	328° north-west	9,367 km

Bearings as the crow flies (great circle), measured from north. From somewhere else, the bearing changes: that’s the whole game.

Oùcécap’s take

Line it up: from the Louvre, the Place de la Concorde and the Arc de Triomphe share the same bearing, 295°, north-west; the square is 1.2 km away, the arch 3.3 km. From the Palais Bourbon, across the Seine, aim north-east, at 25°, 0.4 km. And from the Grand Palais it is almost due east, at 95°, 0.6 km away.