District guide · Paris
The 16th arrondissement occupies the westernmost section of Paris on the Right Bank, bordered by the Seine and adjacent suburbs. The Arc de Triomphe, Bois de Bo...
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The 16th arrondissement occupies the westernmost section of Paris on the Right Bank, bordered by the Seine and adjacent suburbs. The Arc de Triomphe, Bois de Boulogne, and Musée Marmottan Monet stand among its principal attractions. The district holds considerable appeal for those drawn to historic monuments, gardens, and art collections.
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Palais de Chaillot
The Palais de Chaillot is the curved, colonnaded building on the hill of Trocadero facing the Eiffel Tower across the Seine, built for the 1937 Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques on the site of the demolished 1878 Palais du…
Jardin des serres d’Auteuil
The Jardin des serres d'Auteuil is a municipal botanical garden built around a set of glasshouses, on the western edge of Paris beside the Bois de Boulogne.
Maison de Balzac is the house where the novelist Honore de Balzac lived from 1840 to 1847, on rue Raynouard in what was then the village of Passy and is now the 16th arrondissement of Paris.
The Petite Ceinture du 16e is a surviving stretch of the Petite Ceinture, the circular railway built between 1852 and 1869 to link Paris's mainline terminus stations for freight and passengers around the edge of the city.
Jardins du Trocadéro
The Jardins du Trocadéro are public gardens located in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. They sit on the hillside facing the Eiffel Tower across the Seine River, forming a significant part of the Trocadéro area.
