At Place de la Concorde, Paris, France.
Its construction began in 1757 under King Louis XV. Back then, it was never meant to be just an open space. It was designed to represent authority—wide, exposed, and structured in a way that placed the center in full view from every angle. Nothing obstructed it. Anyone standing there could be seen by everyone around them.
Over the years, the square changed with the country.
It held ceremonies. It held crowds. And during the worst years of the Revolution, it became a place people remembered for different reasons—where the state showed its power in a more brutal way.
That part of its history still lingered.
Napoleon II understood that.
He wasn't there to repeat it.
He was there to use what the place offered.
