Avenue Foch in Paris
Thursday, 29 August 2024 - 11:00 am (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union General , Paris / Île-de-France
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Avenue Foch is an avenue in the
16th arrondissement of Paris ,
France , named after
World War I Marshal
Ferdinand Foch in 1929. It was previously known as the Avenue du Bois de Boulogne. It is one of the most prestigious streets in Paris, as well as one of the most expensive addresses in the world, home to many grand city palaces, including ones belonging to the
Onassis and
Rothschild families. The Rothschilds once owned numbers 19–21.
The avenue runs from the Arc de Triomphe southwest to the Porte Dauphine at the edge of the Bois de Boulogne city park. It is the widest avenue in Paris, lined with chestnut trees along its full length.
as seen from Arc de Triomphe © Chivista
The Gardens of Avenue Foch occupy a space of 6.62 hectares, within the avenue’s dimensions (1,200 metres long and 140 metres wide). In addition to the 4,000 trees that line the avenue, the garden was originally planted with 2,400 different species of trees and plants, making it, as Alphand wrote, “a kind of arboretum”. Many of the original trees can still be found in the gardens, including a
chestnut tree from India, 4.7 metres in circumference, an
elm tree from
Siberia , 3.8 metres in circumference, along with a giant
Catalpa tree, 3.5 metres in circumference, all three dating from 1852.
The gardens contain a monument to
Adolphe Alphand , designed by architect
Jules Formigé , with sculpture by
Jules Dalou . The monument was dedicated on 14 December 1899, eight years after Alphand’s death.
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