Place des Victoires, Paris

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Place des Victoires, Paris is a historic circular plaza in the 1st arrondissement, renowned for its classical architecture and monument to Louis XIV, and considered one of the city’s earliest examples of planned urban design.

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Place des Victoires 4
Place des Victoires, Paris canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic site
public square
urban plaza
architecturalStyle French classical
belongsTo Right Bank of the Seine
surface form: Right Bank of Paris
connectsWith Rue Catinat (historic)
Rue Croix-des-Petits-Champs NERFINISHED
Rue de la Vrillière NERFINISHED
Rue des Petits-Champs NERFINISHED
Rue Étienne-Marcel NERFINISHED
coordinateLocation 48.8667° N, 2.3400° E
country France
dedicatedTo Louis XIV of France
surface form: Louis XIV
designedAs royal square
hasBuildingUse commercial premises
residential buildings
hasCentralFeature monumental statue
hasMonument equestrian statue of Louis XIV
hasPaving stone
hasPostalCode 75001
hasStreetLayout radial
hasSurroundingArchitectureHeight uniform cornice line
hasUrbanFunction representative space
traffic roundabout
heritageDesignation Monument historique (France)
inception late 17th century
isExampleOf 17th-century Parisian square
monumental royal urbanism
isPartOf historic axis of Parisian royal squares
knownFor classical architecture
early example of planned urban design in Paris
monument to Louis XIV
languageOfToponym French
locatedIn Paris
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory 1st arrondissement of Paris
locatedNear Bourse de Commerce
Palais-Royal
surface form: Palais Royal
namedAfter victories of Louis XIV
partOf historic center of Paris
publicAccess open
shape circular
touristAttraction yes
urbanPlanningStyle classical urbanism

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Jules Hardouin-Mansart notableWork Place des Victoires, Paris
1st arrondissement of Paris contains Place des Victoires, Paris
this entity surface form: Place des Victoires
2nd arrondissement of Paris contains Place des Victoires, Paris
this entity surface form: Place des Victoires
French Baroque architecture notableWork Place des Victoires, Paris
this entity surface form: Place des Victoires
comte de Sagonne notableWork Place des Victoires, Paris
subject surface form: Jules Hardouin-Mansart
this entity surface form: Place des Victoires