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Parc du Champ de Mars

#194 of 1479 things to do in Paris

#357 of 4408 things to do in France

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  • Address
    • Av de la Motte Picquet 16e
  • Transport
    • Champ de Mars–Tour Eiffel or École Militaire

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Running southeast from the Eiffel Tower, the grassy Field of Mars (named after the Roman god of war) was originally used as a parade ground for the cadets of the 18th-century École Militaire (Military Academy).On 14 July 1790 the Fête de la Fédération (Federation Festival) was held on the Champ de Mars to celebrate the first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille. Four years later it was the location of the Fête de l’Être-Suprême (Festival of the Supreme Being), at which Robespierre presided over a ceremony that established a revolutionary ‘state religion’.

 

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