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La Défense
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La Défense is a major business district situated in the Greater Paris metropolitan area in Île-de-France, at the western end of the French capital’s historic axis. The district is home to the headquar
La Défense as seen from the Arc de Triomphe
La Défense as seen from the Arc de Triomphe
La Grande Arche de la Défense and the Yaacov Agam Fountain (1977). The bronze sculpture on the left, seen from the rear, is La Défense de Paris by Lou
La Grande Arche de la Défense and the Yaacov Agam Fountain (1977). The bronze sculpture on the left, seen from the rear, is La Défense de Paris by Louis-Ernest Barrias, after which La Défense is named.
Paris, with the skyscrapers of La Défense in the background and the Eiffel Tower in the foreground taken in 2023
Paris, with the skyscrapers of La Défense in the background and the Eiffel Tower in the foreground taken in 2023
The Grande Arche is the central and defining building of La Défense. It is, with the Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile and the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel,
The Grande Arche is the central and defining building of La Défense. It is, with the Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile and the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, the third arch on the Historical Axis of Paris.
La Défense de Paris
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La Défense de Paris is a bronze statue by French sculptor Louis-Ernest Barrias. It commemorates the French dead from the Siege of Paris in 1870–71, during the Franco-Prussian War. The sculpture group
La Défense
…straddling the Hauts-de-Seine department communes of Courbevoie, La Garenne-Colombes, Nanterre and Puteaux. La Défense takes its name from the statue La Défense de Paris by Louis-Ernest Barrias, which was erected in 1883 to commemorate the soldiers who defended Paris during the Franco-Prussian War. In September 1958…
La Défense de Paris in 2017
La Défense de Paris in 2017
Auguste Rodin's rejected proposal for La Défense, known as L'Appel aux armes ("The Call to Arms")
Auguste Rodin's rejected proposal for La Défense, known as L'Appel aux armes ("The Call to Arms")
Statue of Napoleon [fr] by Charles Émile Seurre, with the plinth reused by Barrias
Statue of Napoleon [fr] by Charles Émile Seurre, with the plinth reused by Barrias
Monument de la défense de Saint-Quentin
Monument de la défense de Saint-Quentin