Place du Caire

Place du Caire is a square in , . Place du Caire is situated nearby to the suburb , as well as near .
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  • Type: Pedestrian zone
  • Description: square in Paris, France
  • Also known as: “place du Caire”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Museum of Arts et Métiers and Centre Georges Pompidou.

Museum
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The Musée des Arts et Métiers is a 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 550 metres southeast of Place du Caire.

Museum
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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 1 km south of Place du Caire.

Museum
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The Musée d'Orsay is a museum in Paris, France, on the of the . It is housed in the former Gare d'Orsay, a Beaux-Arts railway station built from 1898 to 1900. is situated 2 km southwest of Place du Caire.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sentier and 2nd arrondissement.

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.

Quarter
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The is the second administrative district in Paris, forming part of the . Covering an area of ​​41.2 hectares, it is bounded by Rue de Rivoli to the south, Rue Croix-des-Petits-Champs to the west, Rue Étienne-Marcel to the north, and Boulevard de Sébastopol to the east.

Place du Caire

Latitude
48.86814° or 48° 52′ 5″ north
Longitude
2.3486° or 2° 20′ 55″ east
Named after
Cairo
Open location code
8FW4V89X+7C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 167394068
Open­Street­Map feature
highway=­pedestrian
Wiki­data ID
Q3390571
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Place du Caire” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ميدان القاهرة (باريس)”
  • Arabic: “ميدان القاهرة”
  • Chinese: “开罗广场”
  • Czech: “Place du Caire”
  • French: “place du Caire, Paris”
  • French: “place du Caire”
  • French: “Place du Caire”
  • German: “Place du Caire”
  • Japanese: “ケール広場”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “place du Caire”
  • Slovak: “Place du Caire”
  • Turkish: “Caire Meydanı”
  • Turkish: “place du Caire”
  • “place du Caire”

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