The Place de la Concorde is unique in the World both for architectural harmony and perspective. On the North side, the Rue Royale is flanked by splendid buildings designed in Louis XV style by Gabriel-Ministère de la Marine and AutomobileClub de France.

On the east side lies the Rue de Rivoli which skirts the Jardin des Tuileries and the Palais du Louvre; further down, the view of the Tuileries, towards the Louvre, is framed by the Louvre, « Chevaux Ailés » of Coysevox (Winged Horses). On the south side, the Pont de la Concorde (Concorde Bridge) leads to the Palais Bourbon.

Last but not least, on the west side, with the « Chevaux de Marly », fretting with joy, mounting guard on each side, opens the Champs-Elysées, the Triumphal Causeway which runs as far as the Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile. In the Center of the Place de la Concorde, stands the Obélisque, a 23 meters monolith, weighing 230 tons. It was lifted from the ruins of the Louksor Temple and offered to France by Mehemet-Ali, during the reign of Louis-Philippe.

At the foot of the Obelisk two fountains have been built, after those in Saint-Peter's Square in Rome. Round the Place de la Concorde stand eight Statues de Ville (Town Statues), representing Lyon, Marseille, Nantes and Bordeaux, Lille and Strasbourg, Brest and Rouen. The last two were sculptured by Cortot, and all the others by Pradier.

The Jardin des Tuileries overlooks the Place and one can already see the Musée du Jeu de Paume on the right, and the Musée de l'Orangerie on the left. Claude Monet's famous « Nymphéas » are on view in the Musée de l'Orangerie. The Jardin is typically French in style. Some very fine stand round the octogonal pond. On the left is the pretty Terrasse du Bord de l'Eau (riverside terrace), formely the playground of heirs presumptive and the Roi de Rome (Napoleon'son).

In the center the Grande Allée (the Main Alley) lined with staggered rows of trees, leads to the round pond. More fine statutes, works of Coysevox. Couston, and Le Pautre in the Greenhouses.