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 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
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.
The Axe historique is a straightly aligned series of thoroughfare streets, squares, monuments and buildings that extend from the centre of Paris, France, to the west-northwest of the city. It is also
La Défense
…French: ) 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 headquarters of numerous major French and foreign multinationals, as well as that of the Paris Bourse (Euronext) and…
The Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, the obelisk of the Place de la Concorde, the Arc de Triomphe, and the Grande Arche of La Défense, on the same sightline.
The Axe historique looking west from the Place de la Concorde.
The Axe historique seen from the Tuileries Garden.