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What are the 12 Avenues in Place de

The 12 Avenues in Place de la Concorde in Paris, France, which stretch from the Place de la Concorde to the Arc de Triomphe, are not named, but rather numbered to correspond to the 24 hours of the day. If you stand in front of the Fontaine des Mers monument at the Place de la Concorde, the avenues are numbered as follows:

1. Avenue du Coq (from midnight to 1 am)

2. Avenue de la Barrière de Passy (from 1 am to 2 am)

3. Avenue de Saint-Cloud (from 2 am to 3 am)

4. Avenue de la Malmaison (from 3 am to 4 am)

5. Avenue du Bois de Boulogne (from 4 am to 5 am)

6. Avenue de la Grande-Armée (from 5 am to 6 am)

7. Avenue du Roule (from 6 am to 7 am)

8. Avenue des Ternes (from 7 am to 8 am)

9. Avenue de Wagram (from 8 am to 9 am)

10. Avenue Carnot (from 9 am to 10 am)

11. Avenue Marceau (from 10 am to 11 am)

12. Avenue Montaigne (from 11 am to noon)

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