Created in 1963 upon request of the marquis of Marigny, brother of Pompadour, place de la Concorde is the first square of Paris having a geometric plan.
The square has a uniform architecture and a royal statue, the one of Louis XV that was destroyed in 1792.
The architect Gabriel opened the square to the river Seine on the south side, to the Tuileries garden on the east side and to the hill of the Etoile on the west side.
Only the north side of the square is not open: it is closed by two magnificent buildings framing the perspective to the Madeleine church.

The obelisk and the fountains in the middle of the square, the façade of the chamber of deputies and the Arc of Triumph, all of them built in the XIX century, have not belittled the beauty of this square.
It is, without any doubt, one of the most beautiful architectural works of Paris.