Tour Jean-sans-Peur

The Tour Jean-sans-Peur or Tour de Jean sans Peur, located in the , is the last vestige of the Hôtel de Bourgogne, the residence first of the Counts of Artois and then the Dukes of Burgundy.
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  • Opening hours: Wednesday—Sunday 1:30 PM—6:00 PM
  • Type: Tower
  • Description: medieval tower in Paris
  • Also known as: “Tour de Jean-sans-Peur”
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Centre Georges Pompidou and Saint-Eustache.

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 , France. is situated 530 metres southeast of Tour Jean-sans-Peur.

Church
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The Church of St. Eustache, Paris, is a church in the of . The present building was built between 1532 and 1633. Situated near the site of Paris' medieval marketplace and rue Montorgueil, exemplifies a mixture of multiple architectural styles: its structure is Flamboyant Gothic while its interior decoration and other details are Renaissance and classical. is situated 230 metres southwest of Tour Jean-sans-Peur.

Museum
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The Musée des Arts et Métiers is an industrial design museum in 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. is situated 570 metres east of Tour Jean-sans-Peur.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Quartier des Halles and Sentier.

Quarter
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Les Halles was '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 built largely underground and topped by an undulating 2.5 hectare canopy.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood in the which has been known historically as a multicultural textile and garment manufacturing district.

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The 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.

Tour Jean-sans-Peur

Latitude
48.8643° or 48° 51′ 52″ north
Longitude
2.34805° or 2° 20′ 53″ east
Inception
1409
Height
27 metres (89 feet)
Open location code
8FW4V87X+P6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 250657151
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­tower
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Wiki­data ID
Q3533101
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In Other Languages

From Czech to Turkish—“Tour Jean-sans-Peur” goes by many names.
  • Czech: “Věž Jana Nebojácného”
  • Dutch: “Toren van Jan zonder Vrees”
  • French: “tour Jean-sans-Peur”
  • French: “Tour Jean-sans-Peur”
  • Italian: “Tour Jean-sans-Peur”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tour Jean-sans-Peur”
  • Russian: “Башня Жана Бесстрашного”
  • Spanish: “Tour Jean-sans-Peur”
  • Swedish: “Tour Jean-sans-Peur”
  • Turkish: “Jean-sans-Peur Kulesi”

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Highlights include Hôtel de Bourgogne and Rue Sans Fraise - Galerie RSF.

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