L’avenue de Wagram is a street in the 8th and 17th arrondissements of Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

, between the place de Wagram

Place de Wagram

Place de Wagram is a square in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, at the junction of Boulevard Malesherbes, Boulevard Pereire and Avenue de Wagram. It forms one end of Avenue de Wagram and was renamed after the 1809 French victory at in 1868....

 and the place Charles-de-Gaulle (formerly the place de l'Étoile, and now containing the Arc de Triomphe

Arc de Triomphe

-The design:The astylar design is by Jean Chalgrin , in the Neoclassical version of ancient Roman architecture . Major academic sculptors of France are represented in the sculpture of the Arc de Triomphe: Jean-Pierre Cortot; François Rude; Antoine Étex; James Pradier and Philippe Joseph Henri Lemaire...

). It is 1.5 km long and 36m wide. It is named after Napoleon's 1809 victory at the battle of Wagram

Battle of Wagram

The Battle of Wagram was the decisive military engagement of the War of the Fifth Coalition. It took place on the Marchfeld plain, on the north bank of the Danube. An important site of the battle was the village of Deutsch-Wagram, 10 kilometres northeast of Vienna, which would give its name to the...

 and is cut by the place des Ternes

Place des Ternes

Place des Ternes is a square in the 8th and 17th arrondissements of Paris, at the junction of Avenue de Wagram, Boulevard de Courcelles, Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré and Avenue des Ternes. It has borne its present name since 1893. In the middle of the square is the Paris Métro Line 2 station Ternes....

. It was given its present name on 2 March 1864, having formerly been known as boulevard de l'Étoile or boulevard de Bezons in the section between avenue des Ternes

Avenue des Ternes

Avenue des Ternes is an avenue in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, between place des Ternes and boulevard Gouvion-Saint-Cyr. It is 0.92 km long and 35m wide and was given its present name in 1863. It is on both sides of place Tristan-Bernard....

 and present-day place Charles-de-Gaulle and as Route départementale n°6 in the section between avenue des Ternes

Avenue des Ternes

Avenue des Ternes is an avenue in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, between place des Ternes and boulevard Gouvion-Saint-Cyr. It is 0.92 km long and 35m wide and was given its present name in 1863. It is on both sides of place Tristan-Bernard....

 and place de Wagram

Place de Wagram

Place de Wagram is a square in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, at the junction of Boulevard Malesherbes, Boulevard Pereire and Avenue de Wagram. It forms one end of Avenue de Wagram and was renamed after the 1809 French victory at in 1868....

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History

It was first opened on 16 January 1789 between rue de Tilsitt

Rue de Tilsitt

Rue de Tilsitt is a street in the 8th and 17th arrondissements of Paris. It is one of two streets which form a circle around the Place de l’Étoile - the other is the Rue de Presbourg...

 and rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré then on 13 August 1854 between place de l'Étoile and rue de Tilsitt.

Notable inhabitants

• Prosper d'Épinay (1836–1914), sculptor (n° 26, in 1910).
• René Lenormand (1846–1932), composer, father of Henri-René Lenormand
  Henri-René Lenormand
  Henri-René Lenormand was a French playwright. He was born on May 3, 1882 in Paris. His plays, steeped in symbolism, were recognized for their explorations of subconscious motivation, deeply reflecting the influence of the theories of Sigmund Freud. He was the son of a composer, and was educated at...
  
  (1882–1951), playwright (n° 29, 5th floor).