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Trocadéro
Exploring the 16th arrondissement.
The Trocadéro Palace was a building from the second half of the 19th century, designed in an eclectic style with Moorish and Neo-Byzantine influences.
Located in Paris’s 16th arrondissement, on Chaillot Hill, between the Place du Trocadéro and the gardens of the same name, it consisted of a 4,600-seat auditorium flanked on either side by two curved wings, each housing a museum (the Museum of French Monuments and the Museum of Ethnography), as well as conference rooms.
Built for the 1878 World’s Fair, it was not intended to outlive the event; although the building was ultimately preserved for some sixty years, it was the subject of much criticism regarding its architectural style, its gradual deterioration, and the poor acoustics of its main hall, which orchestras quickly stopped using.
It was demolished in 1935 in preparation for the 1937 World’s Fair, to make way for a new building, the Palais de Chaillot.
The Eiffel Tower It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, who designed it. It was inaugurated on March 31, 1889, during the World’s Fair held in Paris that year. It stands 324 meters tall, including the antennas at its summit.
Gustave Eiffel took the initiative to use it to conduct scientific experiments, particularly in the field of meteorology. The engineer then arranged for a wireless telegraph antenna to be installed at the top of the tower. By demonstrating the scientific value of the Eiffel Tower, he dissuaded the authorities from ordering its demolition.
The Eiffel Tower’s steel framework consists of 18,038 prefabricated steel components, assembled using 2,500,000 rivets. To track the progress of the work, Gustave Eiffel recorded the total number of rivets installed each day.
The Trocadéro Gardens retain the “fountains/plantings/aquarium” trio, maintaining a Second Empire style in the layout of the garden areas (winding paths, small waterfalls, rocks, bridges, etc.).
The entire complex was designed by architect Roger-Henri Expert, assisted by Adolphe Tiers and Paul Maître. At the time of the 1867 exhibition, there was a waterfall where the fountain now stands.
The gardens are dotted with a multitude of sculptures, most of which date from the 1930s and were commissioned from numerous sculptors during the Great Depression; “but, as a result of this diversity, stylistic unity and iconographic coherence are not particularly strong,” writes Pascal Ory.
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