La tour de Nesle
La tour de Nesle is in Paris, Île-de-France. La tour de Nesle is situated nearby to the government office Fondation Kenza - Institut de France, as well as near the library Bibliothèque Mazarine.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Sign
- Description: ‘Histoire de Paris’ panel in Paris 6th arrondissement
- Also known as: “La Tour de Nesle”
- Inscription: “Premier élément de l’enceinte de Philippe-Auguste sur la rive gauche, la tour Philippe Hamelin, édifiée vers 1200, porte d’abord le nom du prévôt qui préside à sa construction.”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bibliothèque Mazarine and Orsay Museum.
Bibliothèque Mazarine
Library
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The Bibliothèque Mazarine, or Mazarin Library, is located within the Palais de l'institut de France, or the Palace of the Institute of France, at 23 quai de Conti in the 6th arrondissement, on the Left Bank of the Seine facing the Pont des Arts and the Louvre.
Orsay Museum
Museum
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The Musée d'Orsay is a museum in Paris, France, on the Left Bank of the Seine. It is housed in the former Gare d'Orsay, a Beaux-Arts railway station built from 1898 to 1900. Orsay Museum is situated 1 km west of La tour de Nesle.
Pont Neuf
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The Pont Neuf is the oldest standing bridge across the river Seine in Paris, France. It stands by the western point of the Île de la Cité, the island in the middle of the river that was, between 250 and 225 BC, the birthplace of Paris, then known as Lutetia and, during the medieval period, the heart of the city. Pont Neuf is situated 300 metres east of La tour de Nesle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saint-Germain-des-Prés and Quartier des Halles.
Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Suburb
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Saint-Germain-des-Prés is one of the four administrative quarters of the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France, located around the church of the former Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés.
Quartier des Halles
Suburb
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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.
Left Bank
Photo: Guilhem Vellut, CC BY 2.0.
The Left Bank in travellers' terms generally refers to the "Left Bank" of the River Seine in the French capital city of Paris. The Left Bank defies precise definition but generally refers to those arrondissements on the southern bank of the river as it flows…
La tour de Nesle
- Categories: panel Histoire de Paris, information, and tourism
- Location: Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
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Latitude
48.85719° or 48° 51′ 26″ northLongitude
2.33798° or 2° 20′ 17″ eastOperator
Mairie de ParisOpen location code
8FW4V84Q+V5OpenStreetMap ID
node 5158494030OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=informationWikidata ID
Q60291604
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In Other Languages
From French to Turkish—“La tour de Nesle” goes by many names.
- French: “La tour de Nesle”
- Turkish: “La tour de Nesle”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fondation Kenza - Institut de France and Place de l’Institut.
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