Montparnasse Tower
Tour Montparnasse
Montparnasse Tower is a 210 m office block finished in 1973, and the reaction to it is the reason Paris has not built another skyscraper in its centre since.
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District guide · Paris
The 15th arrondissement sits in southwestern Paris and contains one of the capital's twenty administrative divisions. Tour Montparnasse, Musée Bourdelle, and Pa...
Photograph · Jean-François Gornet from Paris, France · CC BY-SA 2.0
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The 15th arrondissement sits in southwestern Paris and contains one of the capital's twenty administrative divisions. Tour Montparnasse, Musée Bourdelle, and Parc André Citroën stand among its catalogued sites, spanning historical landmarks, museums, and green spaces. The district holds interest for those drawn to its cultural institutions and parks.
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Tour Montparnasse
Montparnasse Tower is a 210 m office block finished in 1973, and the reaction to it is the reason Paris has not built another skyscraper in its centre since.
Pont Mirabeau carries a road and pedestrian walkways across the Seine between the 15th and 16th arrondissements, built between 1893 and 1897 under the chief engineer Paul Rabel using a steel arch design that was, at the time, one of…