Replacing the
"crab" (below, right), an older Oriental palace, the Palais de Chaillot was built in 1937 by architects
Carlu, Boileau and Azema as one of the highlights of the 1937 French last colonial
exhibition.
The Palais de Chaillot was named after the Chaillot hill on
which it is built. The Chaillot hill on the right bank dominates the Seine river and
spectacularly faces the Eiffel tower on the left bank (right).
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