A Case of King, 25 August 1769 decided that the path of Gourds, winding path, from the seventeenth century, snaked through the marshes in joining the Faubourg Saint-Honoré and the Champs-Elysees is transformed into a new street straight Street called the Colosseum. The street was actually open towards the end of the year. It takes its name from the Colosseum, luxurious setting pleasures or Vauxhall, located in the neighborhood and opened between 1771 and 1780.