Concorde: history and sights
Served by: metro lines 1, 8 and 12.
Did you know?
Takes its name from the spirit of reconciliation sought after the Revolution: this square, where Louis XVI was guillotined, was renamed 'Concorde' in 1795 to symbolise national harmony. Its metro platforms are famous for tiling that spells out the Declaration of the Rights of Man.
Anecdote
The platforms' 45,000 ceramic tiles spell out the entire 1789 Declaration.
Audio guide
An audio guide for this station is available in the MétroScope app.
Around Concorde
- Fontaines de la Concorde, 50 m away — Two monumental fountains from 1840 by Jacques Hittorff, celebrating French river and maritime navigation, inspired by St Peter's fountain in Rome.
- Maxim's, 200 m away — An Art Nouveau restaurant opened in 1893 on Rue Royale, a symbol of Belle Époque elegance with its stained-glass ceilings and painted nymphs.
- Jardin des Tuileries, 500 m away — A formal French garden designed by Le Nôtre in the 17th century, linking the Louvre to Place de la Concorde, dotted with statues and ponds.
- Obélisque de Louxor, 10 m away — A 3,300-year-old Egyptian obelisk, gifted to France by Egypt in 1830, carved with hieroglyphs recounting the reign of Ramesses II.
- Église de la Madeleine, 550 m away — A neoclassical church shaped like a Greek temple, completed in 1842, known for its monumental architecture and concerts.