Palais de Chaillot
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The Palais de Chaillot (French pronunciation: [palɛ d(ə) ʃajo]) is a building at the top of the Chaillot hill in the Trocadéro area in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France.
Design
The building was designed in classicising "
The buildings are decorated with quotations by
The buildings now house a number of museums:
- the Musée national de la Marine (naval museum) and the Musée de l'Homme (prehistory and anthropology) 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 theatre below the esplanade.
History
1937 Expo: Construction
For the
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The old Palais du Trocadéro in the late 19th century
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The pavilions of Soviet Russia (right) and Nazi Germany (left) faced each other at the 1937 Expo.
World War II
It was on the front terrace of the palace that
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German führer Adolf Hitler visiting the Trocadéro with Albert Speer (left) and sculptor Arno Breker (right) on 23 June 1940 during the Battle of France
Post-World War II
1948/1951: United Nations General Assembly
In 1948, the Palais de Chaillot hosted the third United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), and, in 1951, the sixth UNGA[4] It is in the Palais de Chaillot that the UNGA adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on 10 December 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").
1952–1959: Temporary NATO headquarters
The Palais de Chaillot also served as temporary NATO headquarters in Paris, from 1952 until the permanent HQ at "Palais de l'OTAN" (now Université Paris Dauphine) was inaugurated in 1959.
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Former annex along the reflecting pool, which housed NATO headquarters between 1952 and 1959.
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Signing of NATO membership invitation to West Germany in 1954, in the temporary NATO annex
References
- ^ "Palais de Chaillot". Exploring the Iconic Landmark of Paris.
- ^ Archives d'architecture du XXe siècle, Volume 1 by Institut français d'architecture, Maurice Culot, page 158
- ^ "Trocadéro". Insecula.com. Archived from the original on 2010-11-02. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
- ^ "Palais de Chaillot". Paris Digest. 2018. Retrieved 2018-09-15.