Champ de Mars

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Champ-de-Mars is a large, fully open public garden located in Paris in the Gros-Caillou district of the 7th arrondissement, between the Eiffel Tower in the northwest and the Military School in the southeast. With an area of 24.3 ha, the Champ-de-Mars Garden is one of the largest green spaces in Paris. The Champ-de-Mars is a site that has been classified since 1956 and is part of the Paris website. - Rivers of the Seine registered in 1991 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is surrounded by several landscaped areas and monuments enjoying heritage protections: Chaillot Palace, Chaillot Palace Gardens, Jena Bridge, Eiffel Tower, Military School.

Origin of name: His name comes from the Roman Field of Mars (and therefore from the Roman god of war, Mars, echoed with the nearby Military School). "Mars Field" originally designated a large space in a city for military manoeuvres and parades; This is why a Mars field was found in many garrison towns.

Military manoeuvre ground: Until the middle of the 18th century, the location of the Champ...