Jardin des Tuileries

Beginning just west of the Jardin du Carrousel, the formal, 28-hectare garden was laid out in its present form – more or less – in the mid-17th century by André Le Nôtre, who also created the gardens at Vaux-le-Vicomte and Versailles. The Tuileries soon became the most fashionable spot in Paris for parading about in one’s finery; today it is a favourite of joggers. It forms part of the banks of the Seine World Heritage Site listed in 1991.

The Voie Triomphale(Triumphal Way), also called the Axe Historique (Historic Axis), the western continuation of the Tuileries’ east–west axis, follows the av des Champs-Élysées to the Arc de Triomphe and, ultimately, to the Grande Arche in the skyscraper district of La Défense.

The Voie Triomphale (Triumphal Way), also called the Axe Historique (Historic Axis), the western continuation of the Tuileries’ east–west axis, follows the av des Champs-Élysées to the Arc de Triomphe and, ultimately, to the Grande Arche in the skyscraper district of La Défense.