Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine

The Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine is a cultural institution of architecture, and monumental sculpture located in the , in , France.
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  • Opening hours:
    Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday: 11:00 AM—7:00 PM
    Thursday: 11:00 AM—9:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: architecture museum in Paris, France
  • Also known as: “Architecture and Heritage City Museum”, “CAP, Cité de l’archi”, “Cite de l’architecture et du patrimoine”, and “Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine”
  • Address: 1 Place du Trocadéro et du 11 Novembre 1918, Paris, 75016
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Eiffel Tower and Musée de l’Homme.

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The is a lattice tower on the in , France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower from 1887 to 1889. is situated 650 metres southeast of Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine.

Museum
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The Musée de l'Homme is an anthropology museum in , . It was established in 1937 by Paul Rivet for the 1937 Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne. is situated 130 metres southwest of Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine.

Theater building
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The Théâtre National de Chaillot is a theatre located in the Palais de Chaillot at 1, place du Trocadéro, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. Close by the and the —the Théâtre de Chaillot is among the largest concert halls in Paris.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Passy and 16th arrondissement.

Suburb
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is an area of , , located in the , on the Right Bank. It is adjacent to to the southwest, and Chaillot to the northeast.

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This large district occupies most of the West of Paris, extending east-west between the bends of the Seine from the Jardins of Trocadero immediately facing the Eiffel Tower to the expansive Bois du Boulogne, and north-south from the Etoile to the southern border of Paris.

Locality
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is a locality.

Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine

Latitude
48.86289° or 48° 51′ 46″ north
Longitude
2.28898° or 2° 17′ 20″ east
Elevation
63 metres (207 feet)
Open location code
8FW4V77Q+5H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1296750671
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Geo­Names ID
10279021
Wiki­data ID
Q537515
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “متحف العمارة و التراث”
  • Arabic: “متحف العمارة والتراث”
  • Arabic: “متحف_العمارة_و_التراث_(فرنسا)”
  • Catalan: “Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine”
  • Chinese: “建築與遺產城”
  • Chinese: “法国建筑历史博物馆”
  • Czech: “Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine”
  • Dutch: “cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine”
  • Esperanto: “Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine”
  • Esperanto: “Urbo de arkitekturo kaj heredaĵo”
  • Finnish: “Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine”
  • French: “CAPA”
  • French: “Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine”
  • French: “Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine”
  • French: “musée de la sculpture comparée”
  • French: “musée des monuments français”
  • German: “Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine”
  • Indonesian: “Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine”
  • Italian: “Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine”
  • Japanese: “シテ・ド・アーキテクチュエ・エ・デュ・パトリモーヌ”
  • Japanese: “建築と都市遺産博物館”
  • Portuguese: “Cidade da arquitetura e do patrimônio”
  • Slovenian: “CAPA”
  • Slovenian: “Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine”
  • Spanish: “Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine”
  • Swedish: “Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine”
  • Vietnamese: “Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine”

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