Black and white, vertically oriented photo of Place de la Concorde and the Luxor Obelisk in Paris, France, taken August 1919. Cars appear driving by in the public square, in front of the monument. Place de la Concorde is the largest public square in Paris, and the Luxor Obelisk stands at its center. The obelisk was a gift to France from Khedive of Egypt, Muhammed Ali Pasha in 1833. It originally stood at the entrance to the Luxor Temple in Egypt, where its twin obelisk still stands, the two being the largest to have been erected by Ramses II. The obelisk is 3,300 years old and was classified a
Black and white, vertically oriented photo of Place de la Concorde and the Luxor Obelisk in Paris, France, taken August 1919. Cars appear driving by in the public square, in front of the monument. Place de la Concorde is the largest public square in Paris, and the Luxor Obelisk stands at its center. The obelisk was a gift to France from Khedive of Egypt, Muhammed Ali Pasha in 1833. It originally stood at the entrance to the Luxor Temple in Egypt, where its twin obelisk still stands, the two being the largest to have been erected by Ramses II. The obelisk is 3,300 years old and was classified as a historical monument in 1936. Place de la Concorde can be viewed from the Eiffel Tower. Back of the photo reads, handwritten 'Place de la. / Concorde / Paris. / noted for being / the place where / many Kings were / beheaded. / Aug 1919.' Back of the photo is stamped '407.' Title: Place de la Concorde, Luxor Obelisk, Paris, France. . August 1919.
Size: 1936px × 2583px
Photo credit: © The Picture Art Collection / Alamy / Afripics
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