Grande Arche
La Grande Arche de la Défense, originally called La Grande Arche de la Fraternité, is a monument and building in the business district of La Défense and in the commune of Puteaux, to the west of Paris, France.Photo: Viault, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0.
- Opening hours:
2nd January—31st March and 1st October—31st December: 10:00 AM—7:00 PM
1st April—30th September: 10:00 AM—11:00 PM - Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: monument and building in Paris's La Défense
- Address: 1 Parvis de la Défense
- Wheelchair access: yes
Photo: Viault, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Notable Places in the Area
La Défense–Grande Arche
Photo: Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0.
La Défense station is a station of the Transilien suburban rail lines, RER commuter rail network, Paris Métro, as well as a stop of the Île-de-France tram network.
ESSEC
Photo: Rdavout, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The École Supérieure des Sciences Economiques et Commerciales, more commonly known as ESSEC Business School or simply ESSEC, is a business school and grande école based in France. ESSEC is situated 230 metres east of Grande Arche.
Les Quatre Temps
Photo: Jakubszypulka, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Westfield Les 4 Temps is the main shopping center in the business district of La Défense, in the western suburbs of Paris, on the territory of the commune of Puteaux in the Hauts-de-Seine. Les Quatre Temps is situated 260 metres southeast of Grande Arche.
Localities in the Area
La Défense
Photo: Micdjunior, CC BY-SA 3.0.
La Défense is a collection of modern high-rise office and residential buildings built according to an evolving central plan on the western outskirts of Paris, beyond the last Parisian loop of the river Seine.
Puteaux
Photo: mwanasimba, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Puteaux is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France.
Courbevoie
Photo: Clicsouris, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Courbevoie is a commune located in the Hauts-de-Seine Department of the Île-de-France region of France.
Grande Arche
- Categories: triumphal arch, office building, skyscraper, building and tourism
- Location: Puteaux, Arrondissement of Nanterre, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
48.89257° or 48° 53' 33" northLongitude
2.23588° or 2° 14' 9" eastElevation
75 metres (246 feet)Inception
1989Levels
39Height
110 metres (361 feet)Open Location Code
8FW4V6VP+28OpenStreetMap ID
way 19441489OpenStreetMap Feature
building=officeOpenStreetMap Feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap Attribute
wheelchair=yesGeoNames ID
6947010Wikidata ID
Q216357Grande Arche Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Arche de la Défense
- Arabic: قوس لاديفونس
- Arabic: لاديفانص
- Armenian: Դեֆանսի մեծ կամար
- Basque: Grande Arche
- Basque: La Défense Arkua
- Belarusian: Вялікая арка Дэфанс
- Bulgarian: Голямата арка
- Catalan: Arc de la Défense
- Catalan: Arche de la Défense
- Catalan: Gran Arc
- Catalan: Gran Arc de la Fraternitat
- Catalan: Grande Arche
- Catalan: Grande Arche de la Fraternité
- Chinese: Arche de la Défense
- Chinese: 拉德芳斯新凯旋门
- Chinese: 拉德芳斯新凱旋門
- Chinese: 新凯旋门
- Chinese: 新凱旋門
- Croatian: Arche de la Défense
- Czech: Grande Arche
- Czech: Grande Arche de La Défense
- Czech: La Grande Arche
- Danish: Arche de la Défense
- Danish: Grande Arche
- Danish: Grande Arche de la Fraternité
- Danish: La Grande Arche
- Danish: Menneskehedens Triumfbue
- Danish: Nye triumfbue
- Dutch: Grande Arche
- Dutch: La Grande Arche
- English: Arche de la Defense
- English: Arche de la Défense
- English: Grande Arche de la Defense
- English: Grande Arche de la Défense
- English: La Grande Arche
- Esperanto: Granda Arko de La Défense
- Esperanto: Grande Arche de la Défense
- Estonian: Grande Arche
- Finnish: Grande Arche
- Finnish: La Grande Arche
- French: Arche de la Defense
- French: Arche de la Défense
- French: Grande Arche
- French: Grande arche de la défense
- French: L'Arche de la Défense
- French: La Grande Arche
- French: arche de la Défense
- Galician: Arco da Défense
- Galician: Arco de La Défense
- Georgian: გრანდ არკი
- German: Grande Arche
- German: L'Arche de La Défense
- German: La Grande Arche de la Fraternité
- Hebrew: ארש דה לה דפנס
- Hebrew: גראנד ארש
- Hebrew: גרנד ארש
- Hebrew: לה גרנד ארש
- Hungarian: Grande Arche
- Indonesian: Arche de la Defense
- Indonesian: Arche de la Défense
- Indonesian: Grande Arche
- Indonesian: Grande Arche de la Fraternité
- Indonesian: La Grande Arche
- Italian: Arco de La Défense
- Italian: Arco della Défense
- Italian: Grande Arche de la Fraternité
- Japanese: グランダルシュ
- Japanese: グランデ・アルシェ
- Japanese: グラン・アルシェ
- Japanese: 新凱旋門
- Javanese: Arche de la Défense
- Korean: 신개선문
- Malay: Grande Arche
- Malayalam: ഗ്രാൻഡെ ആർച്ചേ
- Min Nan Chinese: Arche de la Défense
- Min Nan Chinese: Grande Arche
- Norwegian: Arche de la Défense
- Norwegian Bokmål: Arche de la Défense
- Norwegian Bokmål: Defense et son arche
- Norwegian Bokmål: Grande Arche
- Norwegian Bokmål: Grande Arche de La Défense
- Persian: تاق بزرگ
- Polish: Grande Arche
- Polish: Grande Arche de la Fraternité
- Polish: La Grande Arche de La Défense
- Polish: Wielki Łuk Braterstwa
- Portuguese: Arche de la défense
- Portuguese: Grande Arche
- Portuguese: Grande Arco de la Défense
- Romanian: Grande Arche
- Russian: Большая арка Дефанс
- Russian: Гранд-Арш
- Scots: Grande Arche
- Serbian: Капија Дефанса
- Serbo-Croatian: Grande Arche
- Slovak: Grande Arche
- Slovenian: Grande Arche de la Défense
- Spanish: Arche de la Defense
- Spanish: Arche de la Défense
- Spanish: Arco de La Défense
- Spanish: Arco de la Defensa
- Spanish: Arco de la Defense
- Spanish: Arco de la Défense
- Spanish: Gran Arco de la Fraternidad
- Spanish: Grande Arche
- Spanish: Grande Arche de la Fraternite
- Spanish: Grande Arche de la Fraternité
- Swedish: Grande Arche
- Thai: ประตูลา เดฟองซ์
- Thai: ประตูใหญ่แห่งภราดรภาพ
- Thai: อาร์ชเดอลาเดฟ็องส์
- Turkish: Arche de la Défense
- Ukrainian: Велика арка Дефанс
- Urdu: دفاع کی عظیم محراب
- Vietnamese: Arche de la Défense
- Vietnamese: Grande Arche
- Vietnamese: Grande Arche de la Fraternité
- Vietnamese: La Grande Arche
- Western Panjabi: وڈی محراب
Localities in the Area
- La Défense 12Quarter
- La Défense 7Quarter
- La Défense 4Quarter
- La Défense 8Quarter
- Quartier BoieldieuHamlet
Places in the Area
- Lextenso
- Bonne JournéeBakery
- Atelier CyclofixBike shop
- Berliner - La DéfenseFast food restaurant
- La DéfenseRailway stop
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