Petit Palais
The Petit Palais is an art museum in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. Built for the 1900 Exposition Universelle, it now houses the City of Paris Museum of Fine Arts.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Palace
- Description: building housing the Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris
- Also known as: “Petit Palais, musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris” and “Petit-Palais”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Grand Palais and Place de la Concorde.
Grand Palais
Museum
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The Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées, commonly known as the Grand Palais, is a historic site, exhibition hall and museum complex located in the 8th arrondissement of Paris between the Champs-Élysées and the Seine, France on Avenue Winston-Churchill. Grand Palais is situated 170 metres west of Petit Palais.
Place de la Concorde
Square
Photo: Cristian Bortes, CC BY 2.0.
The Place de la Concorde, originally the Place Louis XV, and later the Place Louis XVI, is a public square in Paris. Measuring 7.6 ha in area, it is the largest square in the city. Place de la Concorde is situated 490 metres east of Petit Palais.
Alexandre III Bridge
Bridge
The Pont Alexandre III is a deck arch bridge that spans the Seine in Paris. It connects the Champs-Élysées quarter with those of the Invalides and Eiffel Tower. Alexandre III Bridge is situated 270 metres south of Petit Palais.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include 8th arrondissement and 7th arrondissement.
8th arrondissement
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The 8th arrondissement of Paris is home to the Avenue des Champs Elysées, which ends up at the Arc de Triomphe. The executive branch of French government is also based here, as well as the embassies of certain nations.
7th arrondissement
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The 7th arrondissement is perhaps the most expensive area to live in Paris. The Eiffel Tower, one of the most famous tourist sites in the world, is here, as well as many government buildings. Many dignitaries and VIPs populate this arrondissement.
Faubourg Saint-Germain
Quarter
Faubourg Saint-Germain is a historic district of Paris, France. The Faubourg has long been known as the favourite home of the French high nobility and hosts many aristocratic hôtels particuliers. It is currently part of the 7th arrondissement of Paris.
Petit Palais
- Categories: museum building, event venue, art museum, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Petit Palais” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Petit Palais”
- Albanian: “Petit Palais”
- Arabic: “القصر الصغير (فرنسا)”
- Arabic: “القصر الصغير”
- Armenian: “Փոքր պալատ”
- Basque: “Petit Palais”
- Belarusian: “Малы палац”
- Bulgarian: “Пти Пале”
- Catalan: “Petit Palais”
- Chinese: “小皇宫”
- Chinese: “小皇宮”
- Croatian: “Petit Palais”
- Czech: “Petit Palais”
- Danish: “Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris”
- Danish: “Petit Palais”
- Dutch: “Petit Palais”
- Esperanto: “Malgranda Palaco”
- Esperanto: “Petit Palais”
- Estonian: “Petit Palais”
- Finnish: “Petit Palais”
- French: “Petit Palais, musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris”
- French: “Petit Palais”
- Galician: “Museo do Petit Palais”
- Georgian: “პეტი პალე”
- German: “Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris”
- German: “Petit Palais”
- Greek: “Μουσείο Καλών Τεχνών της Πόλης του Παρισιού”
- Greek: “Πετί Παλαί”
- Hebrew: “מוזיאון דו פטי פאלה”
- Hebrew: “מוזיאון הפטי פאלה”
- Hebrew: “פטי פאלה”
- Hungarian: “Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris”
- Hungarian: “Musée des Beaux-Arts Párizs”
- Hungarian: “párizsi Szépművészeti Múzeum”
- Hungarian: “Petit Palais (Párizs)”
- Hungarian: “Petit Palais”
- Hungarian: “Szépművészeti Múzeum Párizs”
- Indonesian: “Petit Palais”
- Italian: “Musée du Petit Palais”
- Italian: “Petit Palais”
- Japanese: “プチ・パレ”
- Japanese: “プティ・パレ”
- Korean: “프티 팔레”
- Latin: “Parvum Palatium”
- Malay: “Petit Palais”
- Mingrelian: “პეტი პალე”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Petit Palais”
- Norwegian: “Petit Palais”
- Polish: “Petit Palais”
- Portuguese: “Petit Palais”
- Romanian: “Petit Palais”
- Russian: “Малый дворец”
- Russian: “Пети пале”
- Serbian: “Мала палата у Паризу”
- Slovenian: “Petit Palais”
- Spanish: “Museo del Petit Palais”
- Spanish: “Petit Palais”
- Swedish: “Petit Palais”
- Turkish: “Petit Palais”
- Ukrainian: “Малий палац вишуканих мистецтв”
- Ukrainian: “Малий палац”
- Urdu: “پاتی محل”
- Vietnamese: “Bảo tàng Petit Palais”
- Vietnamese: “Musée du Petit Palais”
- Vietnamese: “Petit Palais”
- Western Panjabi: “پیٹٹ پیلس”
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