Palais de Chaillot - Paris, France - Monuments Historiques Français on Waymarking.com

"For the Exposition Internationale of 1937, the old Palais du Trocadéro was demolished and replaced by the Palais de Chaillot which now tops the hill. It was designed in classicizing "moderne" style by architects Louis-Hippolyte Boileau, Jacques Carlu and Léon Azéma. Like the old palais, the palais de Chaillot features two wings shaped to form a wide arc: indeed, these wings were built on the foundations of those of the former building. However, unlike the old palais, the wings are independent buildings and there is no central element to connect them: instead, a wide esplanade leaves an open view from the place du Trocadéro to the Eiffel Tower and beyond.

The buildings are decorated with quotations by Paul Valéry, and sculptural groups at the attic level by Raymond Delamarre, Carlo Sarrabezolles and Alfred Bottiau. The eight gilded figures on the terrace of the Rights of Man are attributed to the sculptors Alexandre Descatoire, Marcel Gimond, Jean Paris dit Pryas, Paul Cornet, Lucien Brasseur, Robert Couturier, Paul Niclausse, and Félix-Alexandre Desruelles.

The buildings now house a number of museums:

- the Musée national de la Marine (naval museum) and the Musée de l'Homme (ethnology) in the southern (Passy) wing,
- the Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine, including the Musée national des Monuments Français, in the eastern (Paris) wing, from which one also enters the Théâtre national de Chaillot, a theater below the esplanade.

It was on the front terrace of the palace that Adolf Hitler was pictured during his short tour of the city in 1940, with the Eiffel Tower in the background. This became an iconic image of the Second World War. It is in the Palais de Chaillot that the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10, 1948. This event is now commemorated by a stone, and the esplanade is known as the esplanade des droits de l'homme ("esplanade of human rights"). The Palais de Chaillot was also the initial headquarters of NATO, while the "Palais de l'OTAN" (now Université Paris Dauphine) was being built."

--Wikipedia (visit link)

Référence de la notice (from Merimee DB): PA00086706 Dénomination de l'édifice (from Merimee DB): Palais, pavillon d'exposition Localisation (from Merimee DB): Paris 16e Arrondissement Adresse de l'édifice (from Merimee DB): place du Trocadéro ; avenue du Président-Wilson ; avenue Albert-de-Mün ; rue Franklin Siècle de la campagne principale de construction (from Merimee DB): 2e quart 20e siècle Précision sur la protection de l'édifice (from Merimee DB): parvis; terrasse; musée; escalier; élévation; décor intérieur Date de versement de la notice (Merimee DB): 12/24/1980 Relevant Website: [Web Link] Photo with MH logo pictured included?: no

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