Axe historique
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The Axe historique, the Historical Axis, or the Voie Triomphale, is a nearly straight route through French capital Paris, passing by most of the city's important buildings and monuments.
It runs from La Bastille in the 4th arrondissement along the northern bank of the Seine at the Louvre in the 1st, along the Avenue des Champs Élysées in the 8th, ending at the Grand Arch of La Défense, in the city's northwestern outskirts.
UnderstandThe Champs Élysées was created in the 17th century.
GoThe axis is in total 10 km long, from La Bastille to La Défense. For travellers who want to complete the whole itinerary, a bicycle or a scooter would be useful.
Go nextThere are many other attractions in Paris and environs that do not form part of the axis.
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- Photo: (WT-en) Mark at English Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons