Place des Victoires

A view of the Place des Victoires with the equestrian statue of Louis XIV at its centre.

The Place des Victoires (French pronunciation: [plas de viktwaʁ]; English: Victory Square, lit. 'Square of Victories') is a circular square in central Paris, located a short distance northeast of the Palais-Royal and straddling the border between the 1st and the 2nd arrondissements. The Place des Victoires is at the confluence of six streets: the Rue de la Feuillade, Rue Vide-Gousset, Rue d'Aboukir, Rue Étienne-Marcel, Rue Croix-des-Petits-Champs and Rue Catinat.