Palais de Chaillot
Two curving wings on Chaillot Hill, built for the 1937 World's Fair and now home to museums and a theatre. The terrace between them, at the Trocadéro, gives the classic view across the Seine to the Eiffel Tower.
- Where
- Paris, Île-de-France, France
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 48.8623, 2.2881
Get the Palais de Chaillot stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Palais de Chaillot. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Île-de-France volume with your photos and a note.
Near Palais de Chaillot
Eiffel Tower 0.6 km
A wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars, built by Gustave Eiffel's company between 1887 and 1889 for the World's Fair. Meant to stand for only twenty years, it became the outline of Paris itself, and its top floor looks out over the whole city and the Seine.
Musée du Quai Branly 0.7 km
A museum by Jean Nouvel devoted to the indigenous art and cultures of Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas. Of its more than a million objects about 3,500 are on show at any time, and one of its outer walls is a living garden of plants beside the Seine.
Arc de Triomphe 1.4 km
A triumphal arch at the head of the Champs-Élysées, where twelve avenues meet in a star. Commissioned by Napoleon to honour those who fought for France, it carries the names of victories and generals, and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier lies beneath its vault.
Champs-Élysées 1.7 km
An avenue 1.9 kilometres long and 70 metres wide, running from the Place de la Concorde up to the Arc de Triomphe. Lined with cafés, theatres and luxury shops, it is where the Tour de France finishes and where the Bastille Day parade marches each July.
Pont Alexandre III 1.9 km
The most ornate bridge in Paris, a single steel arch across the Seine with gilded statues on tall pillars at each end. It links the Champs-Élysées quarter with the Invalides, and its lamps and cherubs make it a favourite place for photographs.
Les Invalides 2.0 km
A vast complex founded by Louis XIV as a home for old and wounded soldiers, which still houses veterans alongside the Musée de l'Armée. Its gilded dome rises over the tomb of Napoleon, one of the great landmarks of the Left Bank.
Musée Rodin 2.2 km
A museum in the Hôtel Biron, the mansion where Auguste Rodin worked, opened in 1919 to show his sculpture. The Thinker and The Gates of Hell stand in its rose garden, and the collection runs to 6,600 sculptures and thousands of drawings.
Louis Vuitton Foundation 2.4 km
An art museum and cultural centre at the edge of the Bois de Boulogne, sponsored by LVMH. Its building by Frank Gehry is wrapped in great curved sails of glass, and it shows modern and contemporary art in changing exhibitions.
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Questions
Where is Palais de Chaillot?
Palais de Chaillot is in Paris, Île-de-France, France. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Eiffel Tower (0.6 km), Musée du Quai Branly (0.7 km), Arc de Triomphe (1.4 km).
How do I get the Palais de Chaillot stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Palais de Chaillot and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Île-de-France volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Palais de Chaillot before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Île-de-France volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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