Place de l’Uruguay
Place de l’Uruguay is a square in Paris, Île-de-France. Place de l’Uruguay is situated nearby to the work of art Bust of José Gervasio Artigas, as well as near Place Richard de Coudenhove-Kalergi.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Pedestrian zone
- Description: square in Paris, France
- Also known as: “place de l’Uruguay”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Arc de Triomphe and Eiffel Tower.
Arc de Triomphe
Photo: Jiuguang Wang, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, often simply called the Arc de Triomphe, is one of the most famous monuments in Paris, France. It is located at the western end of the Champs-Élysées, at the centre of Place Charles de Gaulle—formerly known as Place de l'Étoile—named for the star-shaped configuration formed by the convergence of twelve radiating avenues. Arc de Triomphe is situated 450 metres north of Place de l’Uruguay.
Eiffel Tower
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The Eiffel Tower is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower from 1887 to 1889. Eiffel Tower is situated 1¼ km south of Place de l’Uruguay.
Champs-Élysées
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The Avenue des Champs-Élysées is an avenue in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The avenue is 1.9 kilometres long and 70 metres wide, running between the Place de la Concorde in the east and the Place Charles de Gaulle in the west, where the Arc de Triomphe is located. Champs-Élysées is situated 700 metres east of Place de l’Uruguay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include 8th arrondissement and Porte Maillot.
8th arrondissement
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The 8th arrondissement of Paris is home to the Avenue des Champs Elysées, which ends up at the Arc de Triomphe. The executive branch of French government is also based here, as well as the embassies of certain nations.
Porte Maillot
Locality
The Porte Maillot is one of the access points into Paris mentioned in 1860 and one of the ancient city gates in the Thiers wall.
Place de l’Uruguay
- Category: square
- Location: Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
48.86981° or 48° 52′ 11″ northLongitude
2.29591° or 2° 17′ 45″ eastNamed after
UruguayOpen location code
8FW4V79W+W9OpenStreetMap ID
way 79341423OpenStreetMap feature
highway=pedestrianWikidata ID
Q3390315
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In Other Languages
From Esperanto to Turkish—“Place de l’Uruguay” goes by many names.
- Esperanto: “Placo de Urugvajo”
- French: “place de l’Uruguay, Paris”
- French: “place de l’Uruguay”
- French: “Place de l’Uruguay”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “place de l’Uruguay”
- Turkish: “place de l’Uruguay”
- Turkish: “Uruguay Meydanı”
- “place de l’Uruguay”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bust of José Gervasio Artigas and Place Richard de Coudenhove-Kalergi.
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