The Avenue des Champs-Elysées is possibly the most famous street in the entire world, yet it stretches for only 1.6 kilometers (less than one and a quarter miles) from the Place de la Concorde (where the guillotine stood during the French Revolution) to Napoléon’s enormous Arch de Triomphe on the Place Charles de Gaulle.
From one end to the other, the Champs-Elysées is an international street. As you walk along the tree-lined sidewalks – which are themselves as broad as an average two-lane street-chances are that you will be able to hear a dozen or more languages. You may spot a group of Arab officials in flowing white robes, Japanese businessmen in dark suits, or African students in dashikis – in short, you see people from all around the world. To add to the international flavor, when a foreign leader is in town, the avenue may be decorated with the flags of his or her country.
Source: Son et Sens. Glenview, Illinois: Scott, Foresmen and Company. 3rd Ed. P. 151.
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