Originally named Place Royale, the square was renamed in 1800 when the département of the Vosges became the first to pay taxes supporting a campaign of the Revolutionary army.

Building façades opposite square Louis XIII under the late afternoon sun. Place des Vosges was inaugurated in 1612 with a grand carrousel to celebrate the wedding of Louis XIII and Anne of Austria.

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