Tour Prélude

Tour Prélude is a building in Paris, Île-de-France. Tour Prélude is situated nearby to the park Jardin Riquet, as well as near the pitch But en Or.

Type: Building
Description: residential high-rise, part of the Orgues de Flandre, in Paris
Also known as: “Tour 1” and “tour Prélude”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Riquet station and Cent Quatre.

Riquet station

Metro station

Photo: Clicsouris, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Riquet is a station of the Paris Métro and located in the 19th arrondissement of Paris. Riquet station is situated 180 metres southeast of Tour Prélude.

Cent Quatre

Arts center

Photo: Jean-Pierre Dalbéra, CC BY 2.0.

The Cent Quatre is a public cultural centre in Paris, which opened on 11 October 2008 on the site of a former municipal undertaker's at 104 rue d'Aubervilliers, in the 19th arrondissement of the city. Cent Quatre is situated 220 metres west of Tour Prélude.

Crimée station

Metro station

Photo: Hegor, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Crimée is a station of the Paris Metro and is located in the 19th arrondissement of Paris under avenue de Flandre. The station is named after the nearby rue de Crimée, the longest road in the arrondissement, whose name commemorates the Crimean War, on the Crimean Peninsula of the Russian Empire on the Black Sea, where a coalition of Turkey, the United Kingdom, France, and Piedmont faced Russia. Crimée station is situated 340 metres east of Tour Prélude.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Quartier de La Chapelle and 19th arrondissement.

Quartier de La Chapelle

Suburb

The Quartier de La Chapelle is a neighborhood of Paris, in the eastern part of the 18th arrondissement. It was originally the village of La Chapelle on the outskirts of Paris and a commune in its own right, separated from the commune of Paris by the wall of the Farmers-General.

19th arrondissement

Photo: Mbzt, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The 19th arrondissement of Paris is in the north of the city, and is a peaceful, green and family-friendly refuge from the otherwise quite stuffy and/or shabby city.