Saint-Jacques Tower

Tour Saint-Jacques is a monument located in the , France, on the Rive Droite. This 52-metre Flamboyant Gothic at the intersection of the Rue de Rivoli with Rue Nicolas-Flamel is all that remains of the former medieval Church…
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  • Opening hours: May 15th—November 15th Wednesday—Sunday 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: tower
  • Also known as: “Église Saint-Jacques-la-boucherie” and “Tour Saint-Jacques”
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Centre Georges Pompidou and Notre Dame de Paris.

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 380 metres northeast of Saint-Jacques Tower.

Church
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, often referred to simply as Notre-Dame, is a medieval Catholic cathedral on the , in the , France. is situated 570 metres south of Saint-Jacques Tower.

Islet
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The is one of two natural islands on the River in central . It spans 22.5 hectares of land. In the 4th century, it was the site of the fortress of the area governor for the Roman Empire.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include 4th arrondissement and Quartier des Halles.

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The 4th is a good chunk of what used to be medieval Paris, and you'll find a lot left from that time on both islands and in the narrow streets of the lower Marais.

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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The is a historic district in , . It spreads across parts of the and arrondissements on the Rive Droite, or Right Bank, of the .

Saint-Jacques Tower

Latitude
48.858° or 48° 51′ 29″ north
Longitude
2.34892° or 2° 20′ 56″ east
Inception
1523
Levels
13
Height
52 metres (171 feet)
Open location code
8FW4V85X+5H
Open­Street­Map ID
way 20326709
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­tower
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Wiki­data ID
Q1431547
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Satellite Map

Discover Saint-Jacques Tower from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Saint-Jacques Tower” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “برج القديس جاك”
  • Armenian: “Սեն Ժակ աշտարակ”
  • Basque: “Saint-Jacques dorrea”
  • Belarusian: “Вежа Сен-Жак”
  • Catalan: “Tour Saint-Jacques”
  • Chinese: “圣雅克塔”
  • Chinese: “圣雅各伯塔”
  • Chinese: “聖雅各伯塔”
  • Czech: “Tour Saint-Jacques”
  • Czech: “Věž Saint-Jacques”
  • Dutch: “Saint-Jacquestoren”
  • Dutch: “Sint-Jakobstoren”
  • Dutch: “Tour saint jacques”
  • Dutch: “Tour Saint-Jacques”
  • Estonian: “Saint-Jacques’i torn”
  • Estonian: “Saint-Jacquesi torn”
  • Finnish: “Tour Saint-Jacques”
  • French: “Tour Saint-Jacques, ancien clocher de l’église Saint-Jacques-de-la-Boucherye de Paris 4e”
  • French: “tour Saint-Jacques”
  • French: “Tour Saint-Jacques”
  • Georgian: “სენ-ჟაკის კოშკი”
  • German: “Tour Saint-Jacques”
  • German: “Turm Saint-Jacques”
  • Hebrew: “מגדל סן ז’אק”
  • Hungarian: “Szent Jakab torony”
  • Indonesian: “Menara Saint-Jacques”
  • Italian: “Tour Saint-Jacques”
  • Italian: “Tour St-Jacques”
  • Japanese: “サン＝ジャック塔”
  • Korean: “생자크탑”
  • Malay: “Menara Saint-Jacques”
  • Persian: “برج سن-ژاک”
  • Polish: “Wieża Saint Jacques w Paryżu”
  • Portuguese: “Torre Saint-Jacques”
  • Russian: “башня Сен-Жак”
  • Russian: “Башня Сен-Жак”
  • Russian: “Сен-Жак-ля-Бушери”
  • Slovak: “Tour Saint-Jacques”
  • Slovak: “Veža Saint-Jacques”
  • Slovenian: “stolp sv. Jakoba”
  • Spanish: “Torre de Santiago”
  • Spanish: “Tour Saint Jacques”
  • Spanish: “Tour Saint-Jacques”
  • Turkish: “Saint-Jacques Kulesi 2”
  • Ukrainian: “Башта Сен-Жак”
  • Ukrainian: “Вежа Сен-Жак”
  • Vietnamese: “Tháp Saint-Jacques”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Square de la tour Saint-Jacques and Théâtre de la Ville.

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