Montparnasse Tower

Tour Maine-Montparnasse, also commonly named Tour Montparnasse, is a 210-metre office skyscraper in the area of , France. Constructed from 1969 to 1973, it was the tallest skyscraper in France until 2011, when it was surpassed by the 231-metre in the business district west of Paris's city limits.
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  • Opening hours: 9:30 AM–11:30 PM
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: skyscraper in Paris
  • Also known as: “Maine-Montparnasse Tower”, “Maine-Montparnasse-Turm”, “Montparnasse-Hochhaus”, “Montparnasse-Turm”, “Montparnassen torni”, “Torre di montparnasse”, “Tour Maine Montparnasse”, “Tour Maine-Montparnasse”, “Tour Montparnasse”, “Věž Montparnasse”, “Тур Монпарнас”, “מגדל מונפרנס”, “モンパルナス・タワー”, and “モンパルナスタワー”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Gare Montparnasse and Le Ciel de Paris.

Railway station
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, officially Paris Montparnasse and… is situated 310 metres southwest of Montparnasse Tower.

Restaurant
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is a restaurant.

Museum
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The is the of the French postal operator La Poste. is situated 360 metres west of Montparnasse Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Montparnasse and 14th arrondissement.

Suburb
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is an area in the south of , …

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Although largely residential, the …

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Montparnasse Tower

Latitude
48.84211° or 48° 50′ 32″ north
Longitude
2.32198° or 2° 19′ 19″ east
Elevation
54 metres (177 feet)
Established
1972
Levels
59
Height
210 metres (689 feet)
Roof shape
flat
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
8FW4R8RC+RQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 16406633
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­tower
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
6452893
Wiki­data ID
Q323767
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“Montparnasse Tower” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Tour Montparnasse”
  • Albanian: “Tour Montparnasse”
  • Arabic: “برج مونبارناس”
  • Armenian: “Մոնպառնասի աշտարակ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Monparnas qülləsi”
  • Basque: “Tour Montparnasse”
  • Belarusian: “Вежа Манпарнас”
  • Catalan: “Torre Montparnasse”
  • Chinese: “蒙帕納斯大樓”
  • Chinese: “蒙帕纳斯大楼”
  • Croatian: “Montparnasse”
  • Croatian: “Toranj Montparnasse”
  • Czech: “Tour Montparnasse”
  • Danish: “Tour Montparnasse”
  • Dutch: “Tour Montparnasse”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “برج مونبارناس”
  • Esperanto: “Turo Montparnasse”
  • Estonian: “Tour Montparnasse”
  • Finnish: “Tour Montparnasse”
  • French: “Tour Montparnasse”
  • Galician: “Torre Montparnasse”
  • German: “Tour Montparnasse”
  • Hebrew: “מגדל מונפרנאס”
  • Hindi: “तूर मोंपार्नास”
  • Hungarian: “Tour Montparnasse”
  • Indonesian: “Menara Montparnasse”
  • Indonesian: “Tour Montparnasse”
  • Italian: “Tour Montparnasse”
  • Japanese: “トゥール・モンパルナス”
  • Javanese: “Tour Montparnasse”
  • Korean: “몽파르나스 타워”
  • Latin: “turris Montis Parnassi”
  • Latvian: “Monparnasas tornis”
  • Latvian: “Montparnasse tornis”
  • Luxembourgish: “Tour Montparnasse”
  • Malay: “Tour Montparnasse”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tour Montparnasse”
  • Norwegian: “Tour Montparnasse”
  • Persian: “تور مون‌پارناس”
  • Piemontese: “Tor Montparnasse”
  • Polish: “Wieża Montparnasse”
  • Portuguese: “Torre Montparnasse”
  • Romanian: “Tour Montparnasse”
  • Romanian: “Turnul Montparnasse”
  • Russian: “Башня Монпарнас”
  • Serbian: “Торањ Монпарнас”
  • Slovak: “Tour Montparnasse”
  • Spanish: “Torre Montparnasse”
  • Spanish: “Tour Montparnasse”
  • Swedish: “Montparnassetornet”
  • Turkish: “Montparnasse Kulesi”
  • Turkish: “Tour Montparnasse”
  • Ukrainian: “Вежа Монпарнас”
  • Urdu: “مونپارناس ٹاور”
  • Vietnamese: “Tháp Montparnasse”
  • “tomo suli Monpana”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Pavillon des vagues bleues and Plaisance.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Centre Régional d’information et de prévention du Sida and Wedig Paris.

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Worth a closer look: Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport and La Défense.

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