Victory Square
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Place de Victoire appeared in the XVII century thanks to Louis XIV. In the history of France, he was remembered as a conqueror of foreign lands. What is the cost of war with the Netherlands and the United Provinces? The square is a symbol of his victories.
There is even a legend that the memorial depicts a statue of Louis XIV on horseback. After the February Revolution, the inhabitants of Paris put a noose on the image and threw it off the pedestal. Under Napoleon, an equestrian statue was erected again, but not of the king, but of one of his generals. Louis XIV returned to the square as a monument only in 1828. The monument is made of bronze by sculptor François Joseph Bosio.
It wasn’t just the statues that changed. The name Plaza de Victoire was also changed. For some time, the French called it the Square of National Victories.
Many documentaries have been made about the Place de Victoire. In 2006, Victory Square was featured in the film Paris, I Love You.