Foto gentilmente concesse da Casa Editrice Bonechi

A road parallel to the Seine links Place de la Concorde to Place de la Bastille. It is one of Napoleon's most beautiful urbanistic realisations, work of two of the Emperor's architects, Percier and Fontaine. The stretch which borders the Tuileries garden and the Louvre palace has, on one side, an elegant arcade lined with a large number of fashion boutiques and shops selling articles for tourists.