Place de la Concorde - Paris, France - Philatelic Photographs on Waymarking.com

The stamp and the photograph depict the Place de la Concorde as seen looking north with the Pont de la Concorde behind you. In the foreground are the south fountain and the Obelisk of Luxor. In the background are the Hôtel de Crillon, the Rue Royal leading to the Church of the Madeleine, and the Hôtel de la Marine. The Place de la Concorde was designed by Ange-Jacques Gabriel in 1755 to separate the Champs-Élysées to the west and the Tuileries Garden to the east.

There are two similar fountains in the Place de la Concorde both were constructed during the time of King Louis-Philippe. They were designed by Jacques Ignace Hittorff, and based on the fountains of Italy. Both fountains have a stone basin with six naiads holding fish that spout water, six seated allegorical figures with their feet on the prows of ships support the pedestal. Four statues above represent of different areas of the arts. The south fountain, shown here, is closer to the Seine and represented the Atlantic and the Mediterranean seas. The statues of the arts represented astronomy, navigation and commerce.

The Obelisk of Luxor is located between the fountains. This Egyptian obelisk was once located at the entrance to the Luxor Temple in Egypt. It is decorated with hieroglyphics dating from the reign of the pharaoh Ramesses II. It was given by the Egyptian government to the French in 1829 and arrived in Paris on December 21, 1833. On October 25, 1836, King Louis Philippe had it placed in the center of Place de la Concorde. The obelisk is made of yellow granite, is 75' high, and weighs over 250 metric tons.

In the background, to the north, are two buildings separated by the Rue Royal. The western building is the Hôtel de Crillon and the eastern building houses the French Naval Ministry. Deep in the background at the end of the Rue Royal is the Church of the Madeleine.

The stamp was issued by France in 1947 as part of a four stamp set to commemorate the 12th Congress of Universal Postal Union in Paris from May 7 to July 7, 1947.

Stamp Issuing Country: France Date of Issue: May 7, 1947 Denomination: 10 franc Color: bright untramarine Stamp Type: Multiple (blocks, etc.) Relevant Web Site: [Web Link]

Visit Instructions:
To post a visit log for this category, you must visit the actual site of the waymark. Post at least one photo that you personally took of the site if at all possible. If you cannot provide a photo for some reason, your visit will still be welcome.

You do NOT need to be a stamp collector to visit the waymark site, nor do you have to provide a photo of the stamp. Just having a copy of the stamp in question, however, is not sufficient; you must personally visit the site.

Recent Visits/Logs:

Date Logged Log User Rating   01/21/2024 Blanko36 visited it 04/25/2023 run26.2 visited it 02/21/2023 Michaelfiles visited it 09/21/2022 seal13 visited it 06/07/2022 hennes1389 visited it 06/07/2022 hennes1389 visited it 06/21/2021 sara et gege visited it 11/05/2019 Outspoken1 visited it 06/02/2019 lynx36 visited it 01/23/2019 petendot visited it 03/22/2018 keillec visited it 01/20/2018 LeBourguignon visited it 04/14/2017 Tromel visited it 02/18/2017 junkys visited it 09/12/2016 The Burrow visited it 10/29/2015 pestinette visited it 10/03/2015 Luzifersangel visited it 07/05/2015 woodbeast visited it 06/07/2015 dschinny visited it 05/27/2015 xxxicedevilxxx visited it 05/26/2015 lorenz1980 visited it 01/02/2015 kaschper69 visited it 08/23/2014 Sunclaudi visited it 03/10/2014 Kinvarra visited it 02/14/2014 Famii visited it

View all visits/logs