Place de l’Alma, Paris: Evening Traffic and Haussmann Architecture

Place de l’Alma, Paris, shows evening traffic including cars and motorcycles, with Haussmann architecture in the background.
Place de l’Alma, Paris, shows evening traffic including cars and motorcycles, with Haussmann architecture in the background.

Place de l’Alma in Paris is shown as a traffic circle carrying cars, scooters, and cyclists past Haussmann-era apartment blocks and ground-floor businesses. The square sits on the Right Bank near the Pont de l’Alma, where several major routes converge between the 8th and 16th arrondissements. Its present form dates largely to the mid-19th-century rebuilding of Paris, and the nearby bridge, opened in 1856, is known for the Zouave statue long used by residents as an informal gauge of Seine flood levels.

Photo taken in October 2017.

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