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La Grande Arche in La defense near Paris |
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La Grande Arche is a spectacular modern building in La defense business district, a few kilometers West of Paris. The Grande Arche was built in 1989 by Danish architect Otto van Spreckelsen for the anniversary of the 1789 French revolution. The Grande Arche is a 106 meters high cube. |
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 La defense business district around the Grande Arche |
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It has a pre-stressed concrete frame covered with glass and Carrara marble from Italy. Its spectacular architecture was a daring technical achievement when it was designed. The Grande Arche is part of the perspective from the Louvre to the Arc de Triomphe. |
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The Grande Arche complements the unique open door museum of contemporary architecture at La defense business district. In a few seconds, the panoramic lift will get you to the one hectare roof of the Grande Arche with a view over the perspective up to Paris and the Arc de Triomphe. |
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