Allée des Cygnes

Allée des Cygnes is a park in Paris, Île-de-France. Allée des Cygnes is situated near the islet Île aux Cygnes, as well as near the bridge Pont Rouelle.

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Opening hours: 24/7
Type: Park
Description: avenue in Paris, France
Also known as: “allee des Cygnes”, “allée des Cygnes”, and “allée des Cygnes, Paris”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Île aux Cygnes and Eiffel Tower.

Île aux Cygnes

Islet

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Île aux Cygnes is a small artificial island on the river Seine in Paris, France, in the 15th arrondissement. It was created in 1827 to protect the bridge named the Pont de Grenelle.

The Eiffel Tower is a lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower from 1887 to 1889. Eiffel Tower is situated 1 km northeast of Allée des Cygnes.

Pont Rouelle

Bridge

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The Pont Rouelle is a railway bridge in Paris that crosses the river Seine. It connects the city's 15th and 16th arrondissements, and passes through the Île aux Cygnes.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Passy and Grenelle.

Passy

Suburb

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Passy is an area of Paris, France, located in the 16th arrondissement, on the Right Bank. It is adjacent to Auteuil to the southwest, and Chaillot to the northeast.

Grenelle

Quarter

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Grenelle is a neighbourhood in southwestern Paris, France. It is a part of the 15th arrondissement of the city. There is currently a Boulevard de Grenelle which runs along the North delimitation of the quartier, and a Rue de Grenelle, a few kilometers North-East in the 7th arrondissement.

16th arrondissement

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This large district occupies most of the West of Paris, extending east-west between the bends of the Seine from the Jardins of Trocadero immediately facing the Eiffel Tower to the expansive Bois du Boulogne, and north-south from the Etoile to the southern border of Paris.

Allée des Cygnes

Categories: avenue, urban park, and recreation area
Location: Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
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Latitude

48.85278° or 48° 51′ 10″ north

Longitude

2.28357° or 2° 17′ 1″ east

Open location code

8FW4V73M+4C

OpenStreetMap ID

way 647181807

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

Wikidata ID

Q2838945

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Turkish—“Allée des Cygnes” goes by many names.

Chinese: “天鹅巷”
French: “allée des Cygnes”
French: “Allée des Cygnes”
German: “Allée des Cygnes”
Norwegian Bokmål: “allée des Cygnes”
Swiss German: “Allée des Cygnes”
Turkish: “Cygnes Yolu”
“allée des Cygnes”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Port de Grenelle and bras de Grenelle.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Sous station Champ de Mars and Paris Yacht Marina.

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