The Champs-ÃlysÃ©es and its gardens were originally laid out in 1667 by AndrÃ© Le NÃ´tre as an extension of the Tuileries Garden, the gardens of the Tuileries Palace, which had been built in 1564, and which Le NÃ´tre had rebuilt in his own formal style for Louis XIV in 1664.
Ancient enigma. Rapa Nui's majestic rock statues (also known as Stone Heads of Easter Island) have been a mystery since Europeans first arrived in the 1700s on the island, located in the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of Chile.ncient enigma. Rapa Nui's majestic rock statues (also known as Stone Heads of Easter Island) have been a mystery since Europeans first arrived in the 1700s on the island, located in the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of Chile.
The moai are chiefly the living faces (aringa ora) of deified ancestors (aringa ora ata tepuna). The statues still gazed inland across their clan lands when Europeans first visited the island, but most were cast down during later conflicts between clans.ll but 53 of the 887 moai known to date were carved from tuff (a compressed volcanic ash) from Rano Raraku, where 394 moai and incomplete moai are still visible today. There are also 13 moai carved from basalt, 22 from trachyte and 17 from fragile red scoria.