Path retraced, and the story behind.

Place de la Concorde
My mind keep on having some images and tangling in my head when i want a peace of mind. There was a time, where i have no worry, full of excitement and so enjoy. I log on to Google map and found out some pictures. I try to get some of the image that i have in my mind as close as possible. I can still clearly remembered that my first destination in Paris was the Place De La Concorde. Here is the image that quite close to what i always have in my mind. The perception of this picture is great match with what i have in my mind. I wasn't an experience traveler a that time, so, i wasn't really know what is the story behind these 2 famous monuments in Paris. I only knew it after i was back from there because i have done some reading on it. The story behind this beautiful square was not that beautiful, but kind of bloody and sad.

It is the largest public square in Paris. This square was to serve as a focal point for the bloodiest political upheaval in the history of France, which was the French Revolution. It was originally named as Place Louis XV, but later changed into Place de la Concorde after a massive public executions. More than 1300 people were beheaded in that public executions, including Louis XV and his queen, Marie Antoinette. It was originally be built to celebrate the glory of king Louis XV.

The giant standing monument is called Obélisque de Luxor. It is a giant Egyptian obelisk decorated with Hieroglyphics. It is one of two the Egyptian government gave to the French in the nineteenth century. The other one stayed in Egypt, too difficult and heavy to move to France with the technology at that time.

Although the story behind was not a fairy tale, but that place still have the power to provide me with a peace of mind whenever i was struggling with headache problems. So, beautiful fairy tales do not necessary bring you sweet dream or bright future. It just depends on what suits you most.