Cirque Olympique

The Cirque Olympique (French pronunciation: [siʁk ɔlɛ̃pik]) in Paris, also known as the Cirque Franconi, was an equestrian theatre company, founded in 1782 by Philip Astley, the English inventor of the modern circus ring, and was initially known as the Cirque d'Astley or the Cirque Anglais.