48°51′49.95″N2°19′55.69″E / 48.8638750°N 2.3321361°E /48.8638750; 2.3321361ThePlace des Pyramides is a public square in the1st arrondissement of Paris, France. It is located in the middle of theRue de Rivoli, at its intersection with the Rue des Pyramides and the Avenue du General Lemonnier, at the eastern end of theTuileries Garden.
The square was named for the Rue des Pyramides, the street leading into it, itself named for theBattle of the Pyramids, aNapoleonic victory achieved inEgypt in 1798.
Ariding academy underAntoine de Pluvinel,squire toHenry III,Henry IV, andLouis XIII, was set up in this area in the 16th century. Known as "Le Pluvinel", this was the forerunner of the classicalequestrian school, and it is commemorated by a plaque above the entrance to theHôtel Regina restaurant.[1]
The gilded bronzeequestrian statue ofJoan of Arc on this square was produced byEmmanuel Frémiet in 1874.
