Elysian Fields

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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:

• A remote section of wilderness in the northern region of Mt Rainier National Park in Washington State.
• 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 Elysian Fields,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.
• A portion of the fourteenth fairway on the Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland, is named Elysian Fields.

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
• A song by Compost Records artist Minus 8 (Electronica) from the album of the same name; Elysian Fields.

In roleplay:

• Elysian Fields, an original fantasy play-by-post roleplay forum set in another dimension called Elysia

[edit] See also

• Elysian (disambiguation)

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