Place de l'Étoile

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public square road junction urban square

Place de l'Étoile is the historic Parisian square, now officially called Place Charles de Gaulle, where the Arc de Triomphe stands at the center of a major road junction.

Aliases (5)

Place de l’Étoile ×3
Arc de Triomphe area ×1
Place de l’Étoile (now Place Charles-de-Gaulle) layout ×1
Square around the Arc de Triomphe ×1
Voie triomphale ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	public square → road junction → urban square →
avenueRadiatingFrom	Avenue Carnot NERFINISHED → Avenue Foch NERFINISHED → Avenue Hoche NERFINISHED → Avenue Kléber NERFINISHED → Avenue Mac-Mahon NERFINISHED → Avenue Marceau → Avenue Victor-Hugo NERFINISHED → Avenue d'Iéna NERFINISHED → Avenue de Wagram NERFINISHED → Avenue de la Grande-Armée NERFINISHED → Avenue des Champs-Élysées NERFINISHED → Avenue des Ternes NERFINISHED →
cityGateAxis	axis toward La Défense → axis toward Louvre and Tuileries Garden →
connectsTo	Boulevard périphérique via Avenue de la Grande-Armée → western end of Avenue des Champs-Élysées →
coordinates	approximately 48.8738° N, 2.2950° E →
country	France →
formerName	Place de l'Étoile →
formerOfficialNameUntil	Place de l'Étoile, before 1970 →
hasCentralMonument	Arc de Triomphe →
hasStructureAtCenter	Arc de Triomphe →
hasTrafficConfiguration	multi-lane circular junction →
heritageContext	central element of Parisian urban planning in the 19th century →
locatedIn	16th arrondissement of Paris NERFINISHED → 17th arrondissement of Paris → 8th arrondissement of Paris NERFINISHED → Paris →
locatedOn	Rive Droite of the Seine →
metroLines	Paris Métro line 1 NERFINISHED → Paris Métro line 2 NERFINISHED → Paris Métro line 6 NERFINISHED →
namedAfter	Charles de Gaulle →
notableFor	location of the Arc de Triomphe → major Paris traffic roundabout →
numberOfAvenues	12 →
officialName	Place Charles de Gaulle →
partOf	Axe historique of Paris →
renamedInHonorOf	Charles de Gaulle →
rerLines	RER line A (Charles de Gaulle–Étoile) →
shape	roundabout →
symbolOf	French national identity →
touristAttraction	yes →
transport	served by Paris Métro station Charles de Gaulle–Étoile →
urbanFunction	traffic distribution hub →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
8th arrondissement of Paris → Right Bank of the Seine ("Place de l’Étoile") →	contains
Place Charles-de-Gaulle ("Place de l’Étoile") → Place de l'Étoile →	formerName
Charles de Gaulle–Étoile metro station → Étoile (Paris Métro) →	namedAfter
Jacques Ignace Hittorff ("Place de l’Étoile (now Place Charles-de-Gaulle) layout") → Jacques Ignace Hittorff ("Square around the Arc de Triomphe") →	notableWork
Axe historique of Paris ("Voie triomphale") →	alsoKnownAs
Haussmannization of Paris ("Place de l’Étoile") →	created
Paris Métro Line 6 ("Arc de Triomphe area") →	servesLandmark