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70 INTRODUCING P ARIS
From Pont de Grenelle to Pont de la Concorde
The soaring monuments and
grand exhibition halls along
this stretch of the river are
remnants of the Napoleonic
era and the Industrial
Revolution with its great
exhibitions. The exhilarating
self-confidence of the Eiffel
Tower, the Petit Palais and Palais de Chaillot Palais de Tokyo
the Grand Palais is matched The curved wings and arching Figures by Bourdelle adorn
by more recent buildings, fountains make this a spectacular this museum (p205).
setting for three museums and
such as the Palais de a theatre (p202).
Chaillot, the Maison de
Radio-France and the Bateaux Parisiens
skyscrapers of the Tour Eiffel
Left Bank. Trocadéro Vedettes de Paris Ile
de France
Passerelle
Debilly
The Statue of Liberty was given to
the city in 1885. It faces west, towards
the original Liberty in New York.
Pont
d’Iéna
Musée du quai
Passy
Maison de Radio-France Branly
Studios and a radio (pp194–5)
museum are housed in this Champ de
circular building (p204). Pont de Mars
Bir-Hakeim
Bir-Hakeim
Eiffel Tower
Ave Du Prés. The tower is
Kennedy the symbol of
Paris (pp196–7).
Pont de Bir-Hakeim
has a dynamic statue
by Wederkinch rising
Ile aux Cignes at its north end.
Pont de Grenelle
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