Esplanade de La Défense
Esplanade de La Défense is a railway stop in Courbevoie, Arrondissement of Nanterre, Île-de-France. Esplanade de La Défense is situated nearby to Esplanade Sud, as well as near the pond Bassin Takis.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Esplanade de La Défense station and Tour CB21.
Esplanade de La Défense station
Metro station
Photo: Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Esplanade de La Défense is a station on Paris Métro Line 1 on the outskirts of La Défense on the border of Courbevoie and Puteaux. It has an island platform because of limitations on space due it being enclosed in a site originally earmarked for one of the underpasses of the A14 autoroute.
Tour CB21
Building
Tour CB21, formerly Tour Gan, is an office skyscraper located in La Défense, the high-rise business district situated west of Paris, France. It was designed by celebrated American architect Max Abramovitz.
Grande Arche
Photo: Cristian Bortes, CC BY 2.0.
La Grande Arche de la Défense, originally called La Grande Arche de la Fraternité, is a monument and building in the business district of La Défense and in the commune of Puteaux, to the west of Paris, France. Grande Arche is situated 1 km northwest of Esplanade de La Défense.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include La Défense and Courbevoie.
La Défense
Photo: Micdjunior, CC BY-SA 3.0.
La Défense is a collection of modern high-rise office and residential buildings built according to an evolving central plan on the western outskirts of Paris, beyond the last Parisian loop of the river Seine.
Courbevoie
Town
Photo: Clicsouris, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Courbevoie is a commune located in the Hauts-de-Seine department of the Île-de-France region of France. It is a suburb of Paris, 8.2 km from the center of Paris.
Puteaux
Town
Photo: mwanasimba, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Puteaux is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located in the heart of the Hauts-de-Seine department, 8.7 kilometres from the centre of Paris. La Défense, Paris's business district hosting the tallest buildings in the metropolitan area, extends over the northern part of Puteaux and parts of the neighbouring communes Courbevoie and Nanterre.
Esplanade de La Défense
- Type: Railway stop
- Categories: transport stop and transportation
- Location: Courbevoie, Arrondissement of Nanterre, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France, Europe
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Latitude
48.88826° or 48° 53′ 18″ northLongitude
2.2496° or 2° 14′ 59″ eastInception
April 1st, 1992Open location code
8FW4V6QX+8ROpenStreetMap ID
node 5139949032OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stop_positionOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stop
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