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Zénith Paris [2] (originally known as Zénith de Paris, [3] pronounced [zenit də paʁi]; and commonly referred to as Le Zénith, [lə zenit]) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Paris, France. It is located in the Parc de la Villette in the 19th arrondissement on the edge of the Canal de l'Ourcq. Its ability to seat up to 6,293 people makes it ...
The Descent of Zénith. After the balloon Zénith was inflated under the supervision of Adrien Duté-Poitevin, who was Sivel's brother-in-law, three aeronauts—Sivel, Crocé-Spinelli, and Gaston Tissandier—took off near the gas plant of La Villette, located in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, on April 15, 1875, at 11:35, hoping to break the altitude record (8,800 metres [28,900 ft] at the ...
The Zénith Paris—La Villette is an indoor arena in the 19th arrondissement in Paris. The arena was built in 1983 at the site of the former music hall, Pavillon de Paris , by architects Phillippe Chaix and Jean-Paul Morel.
Title page of the musical composition by Adolphe Perrot and Robert Planquette Le Zénith Concert and exhibition hall Le Zénith in La Villette Park, Paris Memorial plaque on Joseph Crocé-Spinelli Street in Paris. The crash of Zenith and the French poet and future Nobel Prize in Literature laureate Sully Prudhomme to write the poem Le Zenith. [22]
On 15 April 1875, he departed aboard the same balloon with Joseph Crocé-Spinelli and Gaston Tissandier near the gasworks in the La Villette district, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, and died of asphyxiation at Ciron with Crocé-Spinelli during this new ascent aimed at breaking the flight altitude record aboard the Zénith, from which only ...
Parc de la Villette with the Cité des Sciences and the Géode in the background. The Parc de la Villette (French pronunciation: [paʁk də la vilɛt]) is the third-largest park in Paris, 55.5 hectares (137 acres) in area, located at the northeastern edge of the city in the 19th arrondissement.
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The 19th arrondissement, mixing the Old French bohemianism and also the Parisian cosmopolitanism, includes two public parks: the Parc des Buttes Chaumont, located on a hill, and the Parc de la Villette, which is home to the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, a museum and exhibition centre, the Conservatoire de Paris, one of the most renowned ...