Elysian Fields

Elysian Fields

Elysian Fields may refer to:

In mythology:
* Elysium, Elysian Fields were the final resting place of the blessed chosen by the gods; Part of the Greek underworld .

In geography:
* Elysian Fields, Hoboken, New Jersey, site of the first organized baseball game
* Elysian Fields Avenue, New Orleans
* Avenue des Champs-Élysées, Paris.
* Elysian Fields, Texas is a rural community in Harrison County, Texas.
* In Mexico City, Campos Eliseos is a street in the Polanco neighborhood where several of the city's best hotels and restaurants are located.
* Elysian, Minnesota of Le Sueur County, Minnesota is a town of 550 residents.
* In Nova Scotia, Canada, a rural community near Minudie, on the Bay of Chignecto.
* Nyack, New York has a street named Elysian Avenue.
* "Campos Elíseos" is a popular name for neighbourhoods and districts in Brazil, found for instance in São Paulo and Duque de Caxias.
* There is a frozen sea on Mars called Elysium.
* Near downtown Los Angeles, Elysian Park "is the city's oldest public park and, at 575-acres, the second largest after Griffith Park. It is home to numerous historic sites, including the Los Angeles Police Academy and Barlow Hospital, that are linked by miles of walking trails."
* In Salt Lake City, there is a cemetery named Elysian Burial Gardens.

In the arts:
* A song by British electronic music band The Future Sound of London
* Elysian Fields (band), an American Art rock band.
* The Elysian Fields (band), a Greek black-metal band
* The street in New Orleans that is a setting and a symbolic element in "A Streetcar Named Desire"
* A song by American thrash metal band, Megadeth
* A fictional territory in the BattleTech universe.
* A song by Irish Post-rock band God is an Astronaut
* The Man from Elysian Fields (2001) a movie, Starring: Andy Garcia, Mick Jagger; Director: George Hickenlooper
* A song Champs-Élysées by Joe Dassin

In roleplay:
* [http://faroah.com/info Elysian Fields] , an original fantasy play-by-post roleplay forum set in another dimension called Elysia


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