Exhibition curator Anne-Laure Sol discusses the historical significance of the Champs Elysees.
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00:00 The location of this avenue is very important because it was, at the 17th century, it was a way to leave the city and to go to the Versailles castle.
00:16 It became the place where the kings used to live.
00:21 So it has always been a very strong symbol in the city.
00:28 But in the 19th century it became a very elegant place because Napoleon III, which we have been talking about,
00:37 completely rethought the Voie de Boulogne, which is a huge public park in the border of the city.
00:49 And to get there you have to take the avenue de Chantilly.
00:53 So at the end of the 19th century, all the elegant and non-workers, I don't know,