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Colonne Vendôme

The Place Vendôme, originally the Place Louis-le-Grand, and later the Place Internationale, is a in the , located to the north of the Tuileries Gardens and east of the Église de la Madeleine.
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  • Type: Monument
  • Description: monument in Paris
  • Also known as: “Colonne Vendome”, “Vendome Column”, and “Vendôme Column”
  • Address: Place Vendôme
  • Roof shape: mansard

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include place Vendôme and Orsay Museum.

Square
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The , originally the Place Louis-le-Grand, and later the Place Internationale, is a in the , located to the north of the Tuileries Gardens and east of the Église de la Madeleine.

Museum
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The Musée d'Orsay is a in , 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 1 km south of Colonne Vendôme.

Theater building
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The Palais Garnier, also known as Opéra Garnier, is a historic 1,979-seat opera house at the in the , France. is situated 530 metres north of Colonne Vendôme.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include 1st arrondissement and 2nd arrondissement.

Photo: Jjtkk, Public domain.
The centre of contemporary and the site of such landmarks as the Louvre and of the Tuileries and Palais-Royal, the is full of attractions for travellers of all inclinations, including some of the finest parks, museums, shops, and bars in the city.

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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.

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The of is a diverse, "in between" section of the French capital. The Grands Boulevards area of shopping thoroughfares and flagship department stores is to be found in the southern part of the arrondissement.

Colonne Vendôme

Latitude
48.86747° or 48° 52′ 3″ north
Longitude
2.32944° or 2° 19′ 46″ east
Height
44 metres (145 feet)
Open location code
8FW4V88H+XQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 227762241
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­mansard
Wiki­data ID
Q1111051
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Yue Chinese—“Colonne Vendôme” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Վանդոմի սյուն”
  • Azerbaijani: “Vandom sütunu”
  • Basque: “Vendôme zutabea”
  • Belarusian: “Вандомская калёна”
  • Belarusian: “Вандомская калона”
  • Catalan: “columna Vendôme”
  • Catalan: “Columna Vendôme”
  • Chinese: “旺多姆圆柱”
  • Chinese: “旺多姆圓柱”
  • Chuvash: “Вандом колонни”
  • Czech: “Colonne Vendôme”
  • Czech: “Sloup Vendome”
  • Czech: “Sloup Vendôme”
  • Czech: “Vendômský sloup”
  • Dutch: “Colonne de Vendome”
  • Dutch: “Colonne de Vendôme”
  • Dutch: “Colonne Vendome”
  • Dutch: “Colonne Vendôme”
  • Finnish: “Colonne Vendôme”
  • French: “colonne Vendome”
  • French: “colonne Vendôme”
  • French: “Colonne Vendôme”
  • German: “Colonne Vendôme”
  • Greek: “Στήλη Βαντόμ”
  • Italian: “Colonna di Austerlitz”
  • Italian: “Colonna Vendôme”
  • Japanese: “バンドーム広場”
  • Kirghiz: “Вандом колоннасы”
  • Korean: “방돔 광장”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vendômesøyla”
  • Polish: “Kolumna Vendôme”
  • Portuguese: “Coluna de Vendôme”
  • Russian: “Вандомская колонна”
  • Spanish: “Columna Vendome”
  • Spanish: “Columna Vendôme”
  • Turkish: “Colonne Vendôme”
  • Turkish: “Vendôme Sütunu”
  • Ukrainian: “Вандомська колона”
  • Vietnamese: “Cột Vendôme”
  • Yue Chinese: “旺多姆圓柱”

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