Elysian Fields - Places

Places

  • Elysian Fields, Hoboken, New Jersey, site of the first organized base ball game
  • Elysian Fields Avenue, New Orleans, a setting and a symbolic element in A Streetcar Named Desire
  • Elysian Fields, Texas
  • Avenue of the Elysian Fields, Champs-Élysées, major thoroughfare in Paris

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