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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Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine is a museum of French architecture and heritage in the east wing of the Palais de Chaillot at Trocadéro, opened in its current form in 2007.
Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris
Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris is the city of Paris's own museum of modern art, occupying the east wing of the Palais de Tokyo on Avenue du Président Wilson.
The Musee Marmottan Monet occupies a former hunting lodge built for the Duke of Valmy on the edge of the Bois de Boulogne, bought in the late nineteenth century by the businessman Jules Marmottan and later expanded by his son…
Fondation Louis Vuitton
The Fondation Louis Vuitton is a contemporary art museum in the Bois de Boulogne, commissioned by Bernard Arnault, chairman of the luxury group LVMH, and designed by the American architect Frank Gehry.
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…
