La Grande Arche de la Défense (French: [la ɡʁɑ̃d aʁʃ də la defɑ̃s]; "The Great Arch of the Defense"), originally called La Grande Arche de la Fraternité...
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Jérôme (2017), Lee, Ji-Hyun (ed.), "From Open Plan to Public Space: 'Seine-Arche' Project and Urban Morphological Evolution in France 1960–2020", Morphological...
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Puteaux (redirect from Puteaux-sur-Seine)
Arche and Tour Sequoia, both in La Défense and in Puteaux, have the administrative offices of the Ministry of Ecological Transition. The Grande Arche...
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Paris (redirect from Paris, Banks of the Seine)
(1985–1989), the new site of the Bibliothèque nationale de France (1996), the Arche de la Défense (1985–1989) in La Défense, as well as the Louvre Pyramid with...
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d'Orsay, Parc de la Villette, Arab World Institute, Opéra Bastille, Grande Arche de La Défense, Ministry of the Economy and Finance, as well as a new campus...
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roof of the Grande Arche, a second axis can be seen: the Tour Montparnasse stands exactly behind the Eiffel Tower. The Seine-Arche project is extending...
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La Défense station (redirect from La Défense - Grande Arche (Paris Metro))
through here, making it a huge railway hub. It is underneath the Grande Arche building in La Défense, the business district just west of Paris. The station...
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La Défense (category Tourist attractions in Hauts-de-Seine)
000 square metres (38,000,000 sq ft) of office space. Around its Grande Arche and esplanade ("le Parvis"), La Défense contains many of the Paris urban...
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thoroughfares on a route running from the courtyard of the Louvre to the Grande Arche de la Défense), the Arc de Triomphe was designed by Jean Chalgrin in 1806;...
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fitness, shops and restaurants". The tower will be located west of the Grande Arche, in the immediate vicinity of the Paris La Défense Arena, the Racing 92...
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raid along the river Seine during the middle of the 9th century. As early as 841, a Viking fleet appeared at the mouth of the Seine, the principal route...
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head office is in the Grande Arche Sud (South) in the La Défense business district and the commune of Puteaux, Hauts-de-Seine, in the Paris metropolitan...
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"being". Heraclitus believed fire was the arche, the fundamental stuff of the world. In choosing an arche Heraclitus followed the Milesians before him...
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1st arrondissement of Paris La Défense, Paris business district, Grande Arche, Johan Otto von Spreckelsen and Erik Reitzel (1989) Parc André-Citroën,...
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Château de Malmaison (category Châteaux in Hauts-de-Seine)
d(ə) malmɛzɔ̃]) is a French château situated near the left bank of the Seine, about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) west of the centre of Paris, in the commune...
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Pont de Neuilly station (category Paris Métro stations in Neuilly-sur-Seine)
Métro Line 1, situated in the prosperous suburban commune of Neuilly-sur-Seine. Between 1940 and 1950 it was known as Pont de Neuilly, Avenue de Madrid...
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Pont Alexandre III (category Bridges over the River Seine in Paris)
The Pont Alexandre III is a deck arch bridge that spans the Seine in Paris. It connects the Champs-Élysées quarter with those of the Invalides and Eiffel...
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moved several times before it was placed at its current location near the Arche de la Défense in 2017. The Republican government that came to power in France...
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Les Sablons station (category Paris Métro stations in Neuilly-sur-Seine)
is a station on Line 1 of the Paris Métro in the commune of Neuilly-sur-Seine west of the city. In 2019 Les Sablons ranked 53rd in passenger volume among...
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needed] Today there are three islands near the center of Paris, all in the Seine river: the Île de la Cité, the Île Saint-Louis, and the artificial Île aux...
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located in the 8th arrondissement of Paris between the Champs-Élysées and the Seine, France. Construction of the Grand Palais began in 1897 following the demolition...
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Lycée Jean Moulin is a senior high school in Torcy, Seine-et-Marne, in the Paris metropolitan area. It first opened in 1985. As of 2011[update], the school...
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La Défense-Grande-Arche of the northern section. Early 2030: Segment from Nanterre to Saint-Denis–Pleyel via La Défense-Grande-Arche of the northern section...
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Its official borders are the River Seine on the north, the rue des Saints-Pères on the west, between the rue de Seine and rue Mazarine on the east, and...
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Rive Gauche (category River Seine)
pronunciation: [ʁiv ɡoʃ]; Left Bank) is the southern bank of the river Seine in Paris. Here the river flows roughly westward, cutting the city in two...
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Parisii, a sub-tribe of the Celtic Senones, settled on the banks of the Seine, built bridges and a fort, minted coins, and began to trade with other river...
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located just west of the City of Paris in the département of the Hauts-de-Seine. Eight of the ten tallest buildings and structures in the region are located...
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Chaillot, is an area of Paris, France, in the 16th arrondissement, across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower. It is also the name of the 1878 Trocadéro Palace...
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Arche Tour Granite Tour Initiale Tour Les Poissons Tour Majunga Tour Manhattan Tour Neptune Opus 12 Tower Tour Pascal Préfecture des Hauts-de-Seine Tour...
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today Avenue Winston-Churchill. The other façades of the building face the Seine and Avenue des Champs-Élysées. The Petit Palais is one of fourteen museums...
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