Av des Champs-Élysées

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  • Address
    Av Des Champs-Élysées, 8e
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  • Transport
    underground rail: Charles de Gaulle-Étoile, George V, Franklin D Roosevelt or Champs-Élysées Clemenceau

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Av des Champs-Élysées (the name refers to the 'Elysian Fields' where happy souls dwelt after death according to Greek myth) links place de la Concorde with the Arc de Triomphe. The avenue has symbolised the style and joie de vivre of Paris since the mid-19th century and remains a popular tourist destination.

Some 400m north of av des Champs-Élysées is rue du Faubourg St-Honoré (8e), the western extension of rue St-Honoré. It has renowned couture houses, jewellers, antique shops and the 18th-century Palais de l'Élysée (cnr rue du Faubourg St-Honoré & av de Marigny, 8e; ;Champs-Élysées Clemenceau), which is the official residence of the French president.

At the bottom of av des Champs-Élysées is a 3.6m-tall bronze statue depicting General Charles de Gaulle in full military gear ready to march down the broad avenue to the Arc de Triomphe in a liberated Paris on 26 August 1944.