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Place du Carrousel

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Place du Carrousel
Place du Carrousel
Place du Carrousel
Place du Carrousel
Place du Carrousel
Place du Carrousel
Place du Carrousel
Place du Carrousel
Place du Carrousel
Place du Carrousel
Place du Carrousel
Place du Carrousel
Place du Carrousel
Place du Carrousel
Place du Carrousel
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Place du Carrousel, 75001 Paris, France

The Place du Carrousel is a public square in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, located at the open end of the courtyard of the Louvre Palace, a space occupied, prior to 1883, by the Tuileries Palace. Sitting directly between the museum and the Tuileries Garden, the Place du Carrousel delineates the eastern end of the gardens just as the Place de la Concorde defines its western end. The name carrousel refers to a type of military dressage, an equine demonstration now commonly called military drill. The Place du Carrousel was named in 1662, when it was used for such a display by Louis XIV.
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