Editing Place de la Concorde (section)

=== 21st century: Olympic and Paralympic Games, removal of traffic ===
[[File:2024 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony - coloured smoke.jpg|thumb|[[2024 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony|Opening ceremony of the  Paralympic Games]] in August 2024]]
The square continues to be the location for the focal point of the [[Bastille Day military parade]] down the [[Champs-Élysées]], with the [[President of France]] and invited guests watching the parade from the square.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-07-14 |title=European leaders join Macron for Bastille Day parade - Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-nationalday-parade/european-leaders-join-macron-for-bastille-day-parade-idUSKCN1U9094?il=0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714171949/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-nationalday-parade/european-leaders-join-macron-for-bastille-day-parade-idUSKCN1U9094?il=0 |archive-date=14 July 2019 |access-date=2021-11-04 |newspaper=Reuters}}</ref>

In 2024, the square was the venue for 4 sports at the [[2024 Summer Olympics]] ([[Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics|BMX freestyle]], [[Breaking at the 2024 Summer Olympics|Breaking]], [[Skateboarding at the 2024 Summer Olympics|Skateboarding]] and [[Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics|Basketball 3x3]]), as well as the venue for the [[2024 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony|opening ceremony]] of the [[2024 Summer Paralympics|Paralympic Games.]] Temporary stands and sporting facilities were built, while protecting items such as the Luxor Obelisk. Over 25,000 people attended the square each day during the Olympics, and the Paralympics opening ceremony was watched by 35,000 people in the square.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-31 |title=Paris 2024 : sur la place de la Concorde, les sports urbains écrivent leur histoire - L'Humanité |url=https://www.humanite.fr/sports/jeux-olympiques-paris-2024/paris-2024-sur-la-place-de-la-concorde-les-sports-urbains-ecrivent-leur-histoire |access-date=2024-10-03 |website=Humanite.fr |language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Kindermans |first=Marion |date=20 October 2022 |title=JO 2024 : les Jeux paralympiques s'offrent la place de la Concorde à Paris pour la cérémonie d'ouverture |url=https://www.lesechos.fr/pme-regions/ile-de-france/jo-2024-les-jeux-paralympiques-soffrent-la-place-de-la-concorde-a-paris-pour-la-ceremonie-douverture-1871402 |access-date=2 August 2023 |newspaper=[[Les Echos (France)|Les Echos]] |language=fr}}</ref>

Following the Games, vehicle traffic did not return to the majority of the square, after [[Anne Hidalgo]], the [[Mayor of Paris]] announced a partial [[Pedestrian zone|pedestrianisation]] of the square in January 2024, with plans for a substantial redesign of the square in future.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-01-13 |title=Paris : la moitié de la place de la Concorde « ne sera pas rendue aux automobilistes » après les JO |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/paris-75/paris-la-moitie-de-la-place-de-la-concorde-ne-sera-pas-rendue-aux-automobilistes-apres-les-jo-13-01-2024-IJRL43DIMJHBVHRWOXKKQL6OTA.php |access-date=2024-10-03 |website=Le Parisien |language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Doussot |first=Candice |date=2024-10-02 |title=Paris : la transformation de la place de la Concorde plus que jamais en bonne voie |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/paris-75/paris-la-transformation-de-la-place-de-la-concorde-plus-que-jamais-en-bonne-voie-02-10-2024-QGOHRUKLXNFGZBVBN444KM6UNA.php |access-date=2024-10-03 |website=Le Parisien |language=fr-FR}}</ref>