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Statue of Lafayette and Washington. The area around the Place des États-Unis was created by the destruction of the old Passy [1] water reservoirs. (They were reconstructed in 1866 on higher ground, in the triangle formed by three streets: Lauriston, Paul Valéry, and Copernic, about two hundred metres to the west-northwest.)
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It was built in 1931, following the demolition of an existing building, the Hôtel Grimod de La Reynière. [5] Designed by Delano & Aldrich – an American architectural firm based in New York City , New York – along with French architect Victor Laloux , the building has a façade that conforms with other buildings on the Place de la Concorde ...
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A second installation of the museum, Musée Baccarat, Paris, is located in the 16th arrondissement at 11, place des États-Unis, Paris, France. It is open daily except Sundays, Mondays, and holidays; an admission fee is charged. The museum was created in the former mansion of Marie-Laure de Noailles, with decor by Philippe Starck.
Belleville (French pronunciation: ⓘ) is a neighbourhood of Paris, France, parts of which lie in four different arrondissements. The major portion of Belleville straddles the borderline between the 20th arrondissement and the 19th along its main street, the Rue de Belleville. The remainder lies in the 10th and 11th arrondissements.
The Avenue des Champs-Élysées (UK: / ˌ ʃ ɒ̃ z eɪ ˈ l iː z eɪ, ɛ-/, US: / ʃ ɒ̃ z ˌ eɪ l i ˈ z eɪ /; French: [av(ə)ny de ʃɑ̃z‿elize] ⓘ) is an avenue in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France, 1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi) long and 70 metres (230 ft) wide, running between the Place de la Concorde in the east and the Place Charles de Gaulle in the west, where the Arc de ...
The Merian map of Paris (French: plan de Merian) was created in 1615 by Matthäus Merian the Elder. It presents a bird's eye view looking east with a scale of about 1 to 7,000. The map originally consisted of two engraved plates (50 x 37 cm each) with the left and right halves of the map and was printed with 2 columns of portraits (each 50 x 13 ...