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The Place de l'Étoile is a large urban junction in Paris , France , the meeting point of twelve straight avenues (hence the name "Star Square") including the Champs-Élysées which continues to the east. It was renamed '''Place Charles de Gaulle''' in 1970 in honor of President De Gaulle , but is still largely referred to by its original name. The ''place'' lies in the middle of the '' Axe Historique '' and at its centre stands the Arc De Triomphe . ''Place de l'Étoile'' and the avenues leading to it were extensively redesigned as part of Baron Haussmann 's urban planning projects. DESCRIPTION The twelve avenues, clockwise from the north, are: # Avenue De Wagram , thus called since the Second French Empire , and ''boulevard de l'Étoile'' or ''boulevard Bezons'' before # '' during the Second French Empire and ''boulevard Monceau'' before # Avenue De Friedland since the Second French Empire and ''boulevard Beaujon'' before # Avenue Des Champs-Élysées # '' during the Second French Empire # Avenue D'Iéna # '' during the Second French Empire and ''boulevard de Passy '' before # '' during the Second French Empire and ''avenue de Saint-Cloud '' before # '' during the Third Republic and ''avenue de l' Impératrice '' during Second French Empire # Avenue De La Grande-Armée during the Second French Empire and ''avenue de Neuilly '' before # '' during the Second French Empire # '' during the Second French Empire The ''place'' is symmetrical and has thus 6 axes: # Axis ''avenue Mac-Mahon '' and ''avenue d' Iéna '' # Axis ''avenue de Wagram '' and ''avenue Kléber '' # Axis ''avenue Hoche '' and ''avenue Victor-Hugo '' # Axis ''avenue de Friedland '' and ''avenue Foch '' # Axis ''avenue des Champs-Élysées'' and ''avenue de la '' of Paris # Axis ''avenue Marceau '' and ''avenue Carnot '' The ''Place de l'Étoile'' (as well as the Arc De Triomphe ) is split between the VIIIe , XVIe and the XVIIe Arrondissements of Paris:
The ''place'' is surrounded by two street forming a circle around it: the '' Rue De Presbourg '' and the '' Rue De Tilsitt '' which are named since 1864 after diplomatic successes of Napoleon . LITERATURE '' La Place De L'étoile '' is the title of a novel by French writer Patrick Modiano . TRANSPORTATION ( Métro and RER ) EXTERNAL LINKS |
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