Avenue Foch: history and sights
Served by: RER C.
Did you know?
Named after Avenue Foch, renamed in 1929 in tribute to Marshal Ferdinand Foch, supreme commander of the Allied armies in 1918.
Anecdote
At 140 metres wide, Avenue Foch is the widest avenue in Paris; it was first meant to be named after Empress Eugénie.
Around Avenue Foch
- Avenue Foch, 160 m away — At 120 metres wide, it is the widest avenue in Paris, opened under the Second Empire.
- Arc de Triomphe, 650 m away — Napoleonic monument at the top of the avenue, at the centre of Place de l'Étoile.
- Bois de Boulogne, 350 m away — A vast wood at the gates of Paris, at the end of the avenue.