Our regular contributor, Luis Oliveros recently visited La Defénse district in Paris and as he is used to do, he took a series of stunning photographs. Here's what he has to say and a selection of his photos.
Editor's suggestion-- Scroll till the end. Luis is up for a surprise: A replica of the Statue of Liberty and an open air exercise ground, under a bridge, where a user put the bar through his ears! Just kidding!
According to Wikipedia “La Défense de Paris is a bronze statue by French sculpture Louis-Ernest Barrias. It commemorates the French dead from the Siege of Paris in 1870–71, during the Franco-Prussian War. The sculpture was unveiled to the west of Paris on 12 October 1883, erected alongside the crossroads between Courbevoie and Puteaux. The location became the La Défense roundabout, but the statue was later moved several times before it was placed at its current location near the Arche de la Défense" in what is now known, thanks to this old and famous Statue, La Défense.
La Défense is the new “City” of Paris, “covering 560 hectares for 180,000 daily workers, with 72 glass and steel buildings (of which 19 are completed skyscrapers), and 3,500,000 square metres (38,000,000 sq ft) of office space.
The district is located at the westernmost extremity of the 10-kilometre-long (6.2 mi) Axe historique ("historical axis") of Paris, which starts at the Louvre in Central Paris and continues along the Champs-Élysées, well beyond the Arc de Triomphe along the Avenue de la Grande Armée before culminating at La Défense”
“La Défense is primarily a business district and hosts a population of 25,000 permanent residents and 45,000 students. La Défense is also visited by 8,000,000 tourists each year and houses an open-air museum."
It is yet far from being finished but what you can already see will show you now what is the new city of the future.
Once again, Paris is recreating and renovating itself in a most extraordinary way.
Editor's suggestion-- Scroll till the end. Luis is up for a surprise: A replica of the Statue of Liberty and an open air exercise ground, under a bridge, where a user put the bar through his ears! Just kidding!
According to Wikipedia “La Défense de Paris is a bronze statue by French sculpture Louis-Ernest Barrias. It commemorates the French dead from the Siege of Paris in 1870–71, during the Franco-Prussian War. The sculpture was unveiled to the west of Paris on 12 October 1883, erected alongside the crossroads between Courbevoie and Puteaux. The location became the La Défense roundabout, but the statue was later moved several times before it was placed at its current location near the Arche de la Défense" in what is now known, thanks to this old and famous Statue, La Défense.
La Défense is the new “City” of Paris, “covering 560 hectares for 180,000 daily workers, with 72 glass and steel buildings (of which 19 are completed skyscrapers), and 3,500,000 square metres (38,000,000 sq ft) of office space.
The district is located at the westernmost extremity of the 10-kilometre-long (6.2 mi) Axe historique ("historical axis") of Paris, which starts at the Louvre in Central Paris and continues along the Champs-Élysées, well beyond the Arc de Triomphe along the Avenue de la Grande Armée before culminating at La Défense”
“La Défense is primarily a business district and hosts a population of 25,000 permanent residents and 45,000 students. La Défense is also visited by 8,000,000 tourists each year and houses an open-air museum."
It is yet far from being finished but what you can already see will show you now what is the new city of the future.
Once again, Paris is recreating and renovating itself in a most extraordinary way.
Some modern architecture in a "new" Paris. Great pictures. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteReally beautiful piece and beautiful pictures. Gives us ideas of what we could show about our cities and villages. Thank you for sharing and looking forward to the next piece.
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Thank you all, your comments are a great encouragement. I wish I could contribute more to your blog.
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