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Av des Champs-Élysées
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.
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Forum des Halles
Les Halles, the city's main wholesale food market, occupied the area just south of the Église St-Eustache from the early 12th century until 1969, when it was moved lox, stock and lettuce leaf to the southern suburb of Rungis near Orly. In its place, this unspeakably ugly, four-level underground shopping centre was constructed in the glass-and-chrome style of the early 1970s.
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Viaduc des Arts
The arches beneath this disused railway viaduct running along av Daumesnil southeast of place de la Bastille, which was taken out of service in 1969, are now a showcase for trendy designers and artisans; if you need your Gobelins tapestry restored, porcelain repainted or the bottom of your antique saucepan re-coppered, this is the place to come.
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