Champs-Élysées Horse Chestnuts: Ottoman 1615 Gift
Discover how Sultan Ahmed I gifted Paris its iconic Champs-Élysées horse chestnut trees in 1615, a story of lightning myths, diplomacy, and lost urban greenery.
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