Avenue Foch
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Avenue Foch
16e Arrt
  Avenue FOCH
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| Arrondissement | XVIe |
| Quarter | Chaillot. Porte Dauphine. |
| Begins | place Charles De Gaulle |
| Ends | boulevard Lannes and place du Maréchal De Lattre De Tassigny |
| Length | 1300 m |
| Width | 120 m in the section surrounded by gardens; 40 m elsewhere. |
| Creation | March 31, 1854 |
| Denomination | March 29, 1929 |
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Memorial to Jean-Charles Alphand by Jules Dalou
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Avenue Foch (French pronunciation: [avny fɔʃ]) is a street in Paris, France, named after Ferdinand Foch in 1929. It was previously named Avenue du Bois de Boulogne. It is one of the most prestigious streets in Paris, and one of the most expensive addresses in the world, home to many grand palaces, including ones belonging to the Onassis and Rothschild families. The Rothschilds once owned numbers 19-21.
It is located in the XVIe arrondissement and runs from the Arc de Triomphe southwest to the Porte Dauphine at the edge of the Bois de Boulogne city park. It is the widest avenue in Paris and is lined with chestnut trees its full course.
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- paris.org: "Musée National d'Ennery / Musée Arménien" (en.)
Coordinates: 48°52′25″N 2°17′19″E / 48.87361°N 2.28861°E
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