In this shot we're looking east north east straight down the Avenue de Friedland, with the Champs-Élysées partially visible on the right, and the Avenue Hoche running down the left.

The dome right at the end of the street is that of the Église Saint-Augustin de Paris (Church of St. Augustine) which also sits in the 8th arrondissement. I have perhaps said too little of Georges-Eugène (Baron) Haussmann in this gallery. Prefect of the Seine from 1853 to 1870, who was picked by Napoleon III to carry out a massive urban renewal project which resulted in the various boulevards that we have seen in this gallery.

Haussmann was also responsible for that church. It sits on an oddly shaped block of land, giving it an eccentric architecture. However its presence here is no accident.

Elsewhere in my galleries will be seen a shot of the L'église de la Madeleine, a church that was built in the style of a classic Greek temple. It adjoins a road called the Boulevarde Malesherbes, which runs north west from it. At the far end of that boulevard sits... yes, the Church of St. Augustine. Haussmann built it as a visual counterpoint to L'église de la Madeleine. He ALSO wanted the new church to be visible from the Arc de Triomphe, which is why you see it sitting right at the other end of the Avenue de Friedland.

There's an interesting side note here. One of the buildings destroyed in the creation of the avenue was the very one that Haussmann was born in. You can't say that the man wasn't dedicated to his vision.

Also visible in this shot (depending on the scale at which you're viewing it) is the Basilica of Sacré-Cœur, which sits between the Avenue Hoche on the left and the Avenue de Friedland on the right.