Palace of Chaillot

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Palace of Chaillot A banana-shaped palace

17 Place du Trocadéro Paris 75116 +33 1 4742 9056 (Ministry of Tourism)

Situated almost at the foot of the Tour Eiffel, the Palais de Chaillot was built on the hill of Chaillot by the architects Azéma, Louis-Auguste Boileau and Jacques Carlu for the Great Exhibition of 1937. This Neo-Classical monument, shaped like a banana cut in two, is composed of four pavilions and two wings, each measuring 195m in length. It is adorned with sculptures and bas-reliefs from the Thirties, as well as gold inscriptions by the writer, Paul Valéry. It houses the Musée de l'Homme, the Musée de la Marine, the Musée du cinéma Henri Langlois, the Musée des Monuments français, the Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine, Chaillots National Theatre and the Cinémathèque française. In front of its façades lie the Jardins du Trocadéro. Review © 2009, Wcities

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