Tour Maine-Montparnasse, also commonly named Tour Montparnasse, is a 210-metre (689 ft) office skyscraper located in the Montparnasse area of Paris, France. Constructed from 1969 to 1973, it was the tallest skyscraper in France until 2011, when it was surpassed by the 231-metre (758 ft) Tour First in the La Défense business district west of Paris's city limits. It remains the tallest building in Paris proper and the third tallest in France, behind Tour First and Tour Hekla. As of July 2023, it is the 53rd-tallest building in Europe.
Tour Montparnasse in Montparnasse in June 2010
Shopping Arcade of Tour Montparnasse
Tour Montparnasse next to the Eiffel Tower
Montparnasse is an area in the south of Paris, France, on the left bank of the river Seine, centred at the crossroads of the Boulevard du Montparnasse and the Rue de Rennes, between the Rue de Rennes and boulevard Raspail. It is split between the 6th, 14th, and 15th arrondissements of the city. Montparnasse has been part of Paris since 1669.
Montparnasse cemetery and Tour Montparnasse
Le Dôme Café
The 1895 Montparnasse derailment at Gare Montparnasse
Modigliani, Picasso and Salmon, at La Rotonde, by Cocteau, 1916.