The Palais de Chaillot in Paris

The palais de Chaillot, also named Trocadero, magnificently crowns the  Chaillot hill in Paris.

Its monumental architecture was designed for the 1937 world exhibition, the last Paris colonial exhibition.

France had then the second largest colonial empire in the world including large parts of Africa and Asia.

The Palais de Chaillot is above all famous for its spectacular view on the Eiffel tower, facing it on the other bank of the Seine river.

It is also well worth a visit for its museums, specially the Navy museum with ship models spanning three centuries of naval history.

Architecture lovers will appreciate too the Architecture Museum (Cite de l'architecture) with its French Monuments museum (web site in French). 

Also watch the impressive metal fountains (right) in the gardens of Palais de Chaillot and the many skaters practicing around them.

The walk from Palais de Chaillot to the Eiffel tower across the Seine river is short and worth your time. More  information on Palais de Chaillot.

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