Champs-Elysees Paris

History of Champs-Elysees — Most Beautiful Avenue in the World

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2 min readMar 20, 2020
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Champs-Elysées

Champs-Elysées is the world's most beautiful boulevard in Paris, known for its historical background, beautiful coffee shops, famous restaurants, Parisian theatres, and expensive fashion brands.

The most beautiful and famous avenue in the World, situated in Paris needs no introduction due to its historical background and global popularity as a well-known tourist attraction with 300,000 per day visits.

Originally, the word Champs-Elysee means — Elysian Fields.

According to Greek mythology:

Elysian Fields, is a resting place, a paradise after death.

Following is how Homer — A Greek poet describes Elysian in the Odyssey.

“to the Elysian plain…where, life is easiest for men. No snow is there, nor heavy storm, nor ever rain, but ever does Ocean send up blasts of the shrill-blowing West Wind that they may give cooling to men.” Homer, the legendary author of the Iliad and the Odyssey

According to Wiktionary:

Elysian is the home of the blessed after-death

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