Grande Arche

La Grande Arche de la Défense, originally called La Grande Arche de la Fraternité, is a and building in the business district of and in the commune of , to the west of , France.
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Photo: Luctor IV, Public domain.
  • Opening hours:
    January 2nd–March 31st and October 1st–December 31st: 10:00 AM–7:00 PM
    April 1st–September 30th: 10:00 AM–11:00 PM
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: monument and building in Paris’s La Défense
  • Also known as: “Arche de la Defense”, “Arche de la défense”, “Arco da Défense”, “Arco de la Defensa”, “Arco de la Defense”, “Arco della Défense”, “Defense et son arche”, “Gran Arc”, “Gran Arc de la Fraternitat”, “Gran Arco de la Fraternidad”, “Grande Arche de la Defense”, “Grande arche de la défense”, “Grande Arche de La Défense”, “Grande Arche de la Fraternite”, “Grande Arche de la Fraternité”, “L’Arche de la Défense”, “L’Arche de La Défense”, “La Grande Arche de La Défense”, “La Grande Arche de la Fraternité”, “Menneskehedens Triumfbue”, “Nye triumfbue”, “Wielki Łuk Braterstwa”, “Гранд-Арш”, “ארש דה לה דפנס”, “גראנד ארש”, “לה גרנד ארש”, “لاديفانص”, “ประตูลา เดฟองซ์”, “ประตูใหญ่แห่งภราดรภาพ”, “グラン・アルシェ”, “グランデ・アルシェ”, and “拉德芳斯新凱旋門”
  • Address: 1 Parvis de la Défense
Photo: Viault, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: La Défense–Grande Arche and Les Quatre Temps.

Metro station
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La Défense station is a station of the Transilien…

Shopping center
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Westfield Les 4 Temps is the main shopping centre… is situated 260 metres southeast of Grande Arche.

Movie theater
Photo: Luctor IV, Public domain.
is a movie theater, which is situated 170 metres south of Grande Arche.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include La Défense and Faubourg de l’Arche.

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is a collection of modern high-rise office…

Quarter
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is a quarter.

Town
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is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France.

Grande Arche

Latitude
48.89256° or 48° 53′ 33″ north
Longitude
2.23588° or 2° 14′ 9″ east
Elevation
75 metres (246 feet)
Established
1989
Levels
39
Height
110 metres (361 feet)
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
8FW4V6VP+28
Open­Street­Map ID
way 19441489
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­office
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
6947010
Wiki­data ID
Q216357
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Grande Arche” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Arche de la Défense”
  • Arabic: “قوس لاديفونس”
  • Armenian: “Դեֆանսի մեծ կամար”
  • Basque: “La Défense Arkua”
  • Belarusian: “Вялікая арка Дэфанс”
  • Bulgarian: “Голямата арка”
  • Catalan: “Arc de la Défense”
  • Chinese: “拉德芳斯新凯旋门”
  • Chinese: “新凯旋门”
  • Chinese: “新凱旋門”
  • Croatian: “Arche de la Défense”
  • Czech: “La Grande Arche”
  • Danish: “Grande Arche”
  • Dutch: “Grande Arche”
  • Esperanto: “Granda Arko de La Défense”
  • Estonian: “Grande Arche”
  • Finnish: “Grande Arche”
  • French: “arche de la Défense”
  • French: “Arche de la Défense”
  • French: “Grande Arche de la Défense”
  • Galician: “Arco de La Défense”
  • Georgian: “გრანდ არკი”
  • German: “Grande Arche”
  • Hebrew: “גרנד ארש”
  • Hungarian: “Grande Arche”
  • Indonesian: “Arche de la Défense”
  • Italian: “Arco de La Défense”
  • Japanese: “グランダルシュ”
  • Javanese: “Arche de la Défense”
  • Korean: “신개선문”
  • Malay: “Grande Arche”
  • Malayalam: “ഗ്രാൻഡെ ആർച്ചേ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Arche de la Défense”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Arche de la Défense”
  • Norwegian: “Arche de la Défense”
  • Persian: “تاق بزرگ”
  • Polish: “Grande Arche”
  • Portuguese: “Grande Arco de la Défense”
  • Romanian: “Grande Arche”
  • Russian: “Большая арка Дефанс”
  • Scots: “Grande Arche”
  • Serbian: “Капија Дефанса”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Grande Arche”
  • Slovak: “Grande Arche”
  • Slovenian: “Grande Arche de la Défense”
  • Spanish: “Arco de la Défense”
  • Spanish: “Arco de La Défense”
  • Swedish: “Grande Arche”
  • Tagalog: “Grande Arche”
  • Thai: “อาร์ชเดอลาเดฟ็องส์”
  • Turkish: “Arche de la Défense”
  • Ukrainian: “Велика арка Дефанс”
  • Urdu: “دفاع کی عظیم محراب”
  • Vietnamese: “Grande Arche”
  • Western Panjabi: “وڈی محراب”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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