4.7. A MODERN ROYAL CITY

4.7. A MODERN ROYAL CITY

PARIS IS STUDDED WITH REMINDERS OF KINGS

Place de la Défense is heir of the royal "places"

Claude Abron

Streets converge. Skyscrapers bring homogeneous architecture. The equestrian statue of the king, symbol of monarchy, mutates into the Grand Arch, symbol of capitalism:

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Claude Abron

Other vestiges are as basic.

In brief

• The Grand Axis as model

• Perspectives and points of focus, keys to the city's grandeur

• "Places" stay royal

• Detour: the violent imagery of victors on horseback

• Detour: heroes on white horses  

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4.7.1. 

The Grand Axis as model