Rue du Cygne
Rue du Cygne is a street in Paris, Île-de-France. Rue du Cygne is situated nearby to the church Saint-Leu-Saint-Gilles de Paris, as well as near the quarter Quartier des Halles.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Centre Georges Pompidou and Museum of Arts et Métiers.
Centre Georges Pompidou
Arts center
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The Centre Pompidou, more fully the Centre national d'art et de culture Georges-Pompidou, also known as the Pompidou Centre in English and colloquially as Beaubourg, is a building complex in Paris, France. Centre Georges Pompidou is situated 370 metres southeast of Rue du Cygne.
Museum of Arts et Métiers
Museum
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The Musée des Arts et Métiers is an industrial design museum in Paris that houses the collection of the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers, which was founded in 1794 as a repository for the preservation of scientific instruments and inventions. Museum of Arts et Métiers is situated 540 metres northeast of Rue du Cygne.
Saint-Leu-Saint-Gilles de Paris
Church
The Église Saint-Leu-Saint-Gilles de Paris is a Roman Catholic parish church in the 1st arrondissement of Paris. It has housed the relics of the Empress Saint Helena, mother of Constantine, since 1819, for which it remains a site of veneration in the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Quartier des Halles and Sentier.
Quartier des Halles
Quarter
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Les Halles was Paris's central fresh food market. It last operated on 12 January 1973 and was replaced by an underground shopping centre and a park. The unpopular modernist development was demolished yet again in 2010, and replaced by the Westfield Forum des Halles, a modern shopping mall built largely underground and topped by an undulating 2.5 hectare canopy.
Sentier
Suburb
Sentier is a neighbourhood in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris which has been known historically as a multicultural textile and garment manufacturing district.
2nd arrondissement
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The 2nd arrondissement of Paris is one of the financial centres of Europe, being home to the Bourse and thus the CAC 40 index you hear about in world financial news. Other major activities in the neighbourhood are journalism and fashion.
Rue du Cygne
- Type: Street
- Category: transportation
- Location: Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
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Latitude
48.86318° or 48° 51′ 47″ northLongitude
2.34945° or 2° 20′ 58″ eastElevation
35 metres (115 feet)Open location code
8FW4V87X+7QGeoNames ID
13132782
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