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Avenue Foch 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 chesnut trees its full course. This avenue is well-known for being the Parisian partner-swappings' meeting place.
The Gardens of AvenueFoch, the Jardins de l'Avenue Foch, extend the length of AvenueFoch and cover 17 acres, 6.62 hectares, 66,200 square meters.
AvenueFoch was originally named Avenue de l'Impératice, Avenue of the Empress, in honor of Empress Eugénie, wife of Napoleon III.
Between the addresses of 17-21 of AvenueFoch, in the parkway of the Gardens of AvenueFoch, is a monument to Alphand, created by sculptor Jules Dalou and architect Formigé, inaugurated December 14, 1899.
Number 84 AvenueFoch was a building in Paris used by the German Gestapo during their occupation of Paris in World War II.
The location is found on AvenueFoch, a wide residential boulevard in the XVIe arrondissement which connects the Arc de Triomphe and the Porte Dauphine.
During the German occupation of northern France, the buildings at numbers 82, 84 and 86 of the AvenueFoch were taken over by the counter-intelligence branch of the Gestapo, known as the Sicherheitsdienst, or SD.
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