Foto gentilmente concesse da Casa Editrice Bonechi


This is the old Place du Trône, the name deriving from the throne set there on 26th August 1660 for welcoming Louis XIV and Marie Therèse upon their entry into the city. Called Place du Trône-Renversé during the Revolution, when the guillotine was erected there, it assumed its present name in 1880 on the occasion of the first 14th July celebration. The fountain at the centre of the square bears a group including the Triumph of the Republic, work of Dalou (1899).