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	Grande Arche - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Grande Arche de la Fraternité is a monument in the business district of La Défense to the west of Paris.
		The Arche is almost a perfect cube (width: 108m, height: 110m, depth: 112m; it has been suggested that the structure looks like a four dimensional hypercube projected onto the three dimensional world).
		The almost-completed Arche was inaugurated in July 1989, with grand military parades that marked the bicentenary of the French revolution.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Grande_Arche (425 words)

	Axe historique - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The axis was extended again westwards along the Avenue de la Grande Armée, past the city boundary of Paris to La Défense.
		It was not until the 1980s, under president François Mitterrand, that a project was initiated, with a modern 20th century version of the Arc de Triomphe.
		This is the work of Danish architect Johann Otto von Spreckelsen, La Grande Arche de la Fraternité (also known as simply La Grande Arche and, L'Arche de la Défense), a monument to humanity and humanitarian ideals rather than militaristic victories.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Axe_historique (585 words)

	La Grande Arche Paris by von Spreckelsen
		Located just beyond the city limits, on the other side of the Seine from the 17th arrondissement, the Grande Arche de La Défense anchors the eastern end of the historic axis that stretches from the Louvre down the Champs-Elysees to the Arc de Triomphe.
		Amidst the superlatives, the most pleasant aspect of the scheme is its surprising (and surprisingly subtle) asymmetry; it is rotated six degrees off center of the axis, breaking the symmetry of its position extending the line of the Champs Elysées.
		The sides of the arch are offices, but visitors can take a glass elevator through the sculptural 'clouds' that hang within the arch's interior space, up to the belvedere.
	www.galinsky.com /buildings/grandearche (390 words)

	Paris France Around La Grande Arche information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		On the south side of the arch is the shiny globe of the Dôme-Imax, which has displaced La Villette's Géode as the world's largest cinema screen.
		On the other side of the La Grande Arche, the undulating CNIT building was the first intimation of the area's modernist architectural future when it was erected in the 1950s as a trade exhibition centre.
		A statue commemorating the defence of Paris in 1870 (for which the district is named) perches on a concrete plinth in front of a coloured plastic waterfall and fountain pool, while nearer the river, disembodied people clutch each other round endlessly repeated concrete flowerbeds.
	france-for-visitors.com /paris/around-la-grande-arche.html (491 words)

	Untitled Document
		The axis of the Grande Arche is offset 6.33° south of the axis of the Champs Elysees.
		The Grande Arche is a nearly perfect cube with a height of 110 meters, a width of 108 meters and a depth of 112 meters.
		Side lengths of 210 cubits in the Grande Arche suggest lengths of 42 cubits for the sides of the large panels and 6 cubits for the sides of the smaller panels.
	home.hiwaay.net /~jalison/Art5.html (700 words)

	A digest on the Grande Arche near Paris illustrated with pictures by Paris Digest, the Paris Internet city guide and ...
		Located in the modern La Défense business district a few kilometers west of Paris, the Grande Arche was built by Danish architect Otto van Spreckelsen in 1989 for the 200th anniversary of the 1789 French revolution.
		Above on the picture, daring is the word for the Grande Arche's architecture, the last masterpiece of the late Danish architect Otto van Spreckelsen
		The Grande Arche complements the unique open door museum of contemporary architecture at the La Défense business district including the near-by CNIT exhibition center.
	www.parisdigest.com /monument/lagrandearche.htm (260 words)

	VRMAG - MODERN PARIS: LA DEFENSE, VIRTUAL PANORAMAS BY LAURENT THION
		One of Mitterrand’s Grand Projects, a 15 billion franc program to build a series of modern monuments, the Grande Arche was to be a 20th century version of the 1810 Arc de Triomphe.
		The Grande Arche is a white, 106-meter high cube with a pre-stressed concrete frame covered with glass and Carrara marble from Italy.
		The Arche is slightly asymmetrical, rotated six-degrees off center of the axis, which was not part of the original design but done so that the piles supporting the structure could avoid the network of tunnels under the site.
	vrm.vrway.com /issue14/MODERN_PARIS_LA_DEFENSE_VIRTUAL_PANORAMAS_BY_LAURENT_THION.html (808 words)

	La Defense, La Grande Arche, Hotels and Information Paris
		The Grand Axis of Paris began in the Tuileries Gardens in the seventeenth century and was projected beyond the River Seine in the twentieth century, becomig the pedestrian core of a major business district.
		Dan Kiley, the American landscape architect and garden designer, was responsible for a 0.5 mile stretch, the Dalle Centrale, between the River Seine and the Grand Arche.
		West of the Arche, a decked bridge extends the axis towards St-Germain-en-Laye.
	www.hoteldechampaigneparis.com /fiche/ladefense.html (390 words)

	Grande Arche - Wikimedia Commons
		en: Grande Arche is a modern building situated in La Défense, Paris.
		fr: La Grande Arche est un bâtiment moderne situé dans le quartier parisien de La Défense.
		de: Die Grande Arche ist ein modernes Gebäude in La Défense, Paris.
	commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/Grande_Arche (57 words)

	Paris Break
		The 'Arche de la Défense' project was initiated by the French President Francois Mitterand.
		The Grande Arche is a 106m high white coloured, cube shaped building.
		The Grande Arche's structure is made of glass and marble.
	www.parisbreak.co.uk /leisure/sightseeing_grand.asp (347 words)

	Accommodation in Sofitel Paris La Defense Grande Arche Hotel - France
		It is close to the The Grande Arche and the nearest station is La Defense.
		Sofitel Paris La Defense Grande Arche is a first class hotel located in the business district of Paris, La Defense.
		Sofitel Paris La Defense Grande Arche is located in the heart of the new European business district of La Defense, 15 min from the Champs-Elysees/Arc de Triomphe and Eiffel Tower, next to the CNIT convention center, 10 min from Convention Center Porte Maillot.
	www.accommodationow.com /accommodation/sofitel_paris_la_defense_grande_arche_hotel.htm (231 words)

	ECN - International News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Paris Expo-The Paris Meeting Points will officially reopen their new refurbished and extended conference and exhibition venue Espace Grande Arche next June.
		Located at the foot of the famed Grande Arche monument in Paris-La Defense, one of the leading European Business Centre.
		The strategic location of Espace Grande Arche, situated in the vicinity of CNIT and Coeur Defense convention and exhibition centres hosts customized conventions, corporate events and exhibitions.
	www.exhibitcitynews.com /html/ecn_-_international_news.html (215 words)

	La Grande Arche -The Great Arch and La Défense Paris - QTVR photo panoramique
		The Eiffel Tower, Sacré Coeur, Notre-Dame, Arc de Triomphe and as the latest The Grand Arche.Designed by the Danish architect Otto van Spreckelsen in collaboration with the civil engineer Erik Reitzel
		Apart from The Great Arch Spreckelsen is only known in Denmark for 4 churches.
		He died 1987, 2 years before the Arch was finished in 1989.
	www.panoramas.dk /fullscreen2/full41.html (222 words)

	Metropole Paris - La Défense, Business Slum
		Also, a new President of France came along, and he stopped the mad plans to turn the banks of the Seine into freeways - after one was half built and named after Georges Pompidou.
		To 'anchor' it all, a huge arch - called the 'Grande Arche,' and not 'Pompidou's Brique' - was built at La Défense's western
		It also looks like an attempt to reduce the slum effect is underway, with the addition of a university campus - not to mention that another area the size of the existing La Défense is to be added to the west of it.
	www.metropoleparis.com /2001/605/605slum.html (1558 words)

	La Défense, Paris, France
		The Grande Arche, completed in 1989, is the most striking structure in la Defense.
		The Grande Arche, designed by the Danish architect von Sprekelsen, is made of granite, marble and a lot of glass all around.
		The three arcs (Grande Arche, Arc de Triomphe and the little Arc at the Louvre) all lay in one line.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/France/Ile_de_France/Paris-99080/Things_To_Do-Paris-La_Defense-BR-4.html (813 words)

	12/50.- Paris, La Defense, Grande Arche tourist information - VIRTOURIST.COM
		Already at the beginning of the 20th century there were plans to build an avenue from the Triumphal Arch as a continuation of the Champs Elysee Avenue.
		The most impressive building in this area, and one of the most incredible buildings in the entire world, is the 'Grande Arche'.
		The building, designed by the Danish architect Otto van Spreckelsen, is 106 meters high --the entire Notre-Dame Cathedral would fit under this 20th century Triumphal Arch.
	www.virtourist.com /europe/paris/12.htm (166 words)

	La Grande Arche - Johann Otto von Spreckelsen - Great Buildings Online
		Plan fills a 100 meter square with a tremendous squared arch, rising 110m.
		Fabric canopy and transparent tube elevator under the huge square arch.
		On the Place de la Defense, where it is the pre-eminent landmark, and distantly on axis with the Arc de Triomphe and Champs Elysees.
	www.greatbuildings.com /buildings/La_Grande_Arche.html (183 words)

	La Défense - Paris - France (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The 21 st century skyscrapers business district erected outside the western city-limits of Paris was recently enriched by the spectacular Grande Arche.
		This business district is like a futuristic universe where form and content meet in beauty : active and lively during the day, deathly silent at night.
		Besides the different international trade fairs, exhibitions, concerts or theatrical performances that take place in the CNIT or on the roof of the Arche, you can find a wide variety of restaurants, stores, and outdoor shows.
	www.paris-tourism.com /hotels/content.php?id_content=163&type=patrimoine_loisirs&content=monuments (419 words)

	Sofitel Paris Grande Arche - A Great Hotel in Paris
		The Sofitel Paris Grande Arche Hotel in Paris is an extraordinary lodging option for your next visit.
		This Paris hotel is considered to be a mid sized property with 352 rooms and 22 floor.
		Situated in the area the address of the hotel is.
	www.hotels-10.com /paris/sofitel-paris-grande-arche.html (234 words)

	lightningfield.com / 2004.05.19 Grande Arche de la Défense, Paris
		Grande Arche de la Défense, edge of Paris.
		Near la Grande Arche, (looking at it from this same photo) to the left, there is a Giant Thumb.
		It is a log of photos I have taken around New York City and elsewhere.
	www.lightningfield.com /2004/05/1902_grande_arche_de_la_dfense_paris.html (130 words)

	Grande Arche Encyclopedia Article, Information, History and Biography @ NaturalResearch.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Grande Arche Encyclopedia Article, Information, History and Biography @ NaturalResearch.org
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	www.naturalresearch.org /encyclopedia/Grande_Arche (545 words)

	E-nough!: Siding with the terrorists. Again.
		It even comes with an Arche (La Grande Arche de la Défense - No kidding).
		This picture was taken last Friday, on May 20, 2005, on the left side of the Grande Arche.
		Anyway, disgusted by the view, my friend and I turned away and he saw, opposite the Grande Arche, in the back of the Neuilly Cemetery, what he thought was an American flag.
	www.e-nough.hmdnsgroup.com /archives/000986.html (1421 words)

	Francetech - The Keys to the Building and Civil Engineering industry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Grande Arche is a monumental, white marble cube weighing 300,000 metric tons.
		Twelve concrete pillars embedded thirty meters in the ground support the arch.
		The Notre Dame de Paris cathedral could be easily housed in the emptied cube whose plate is as wide as the avenue of the Champs Elysées.
	www.industrie.gouv.fr /FranceTech/anglais/secteurs/03/v_03_2d.htm (556 words)

	Grande Arche - Compare Prices, Reviews and Buy at NexTag - Price - Review
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	Sofitel La Defense Grande Arche Details @ hotelbooking
		The hotel is located in the new business district of La Defense, close to the Grande Arche and the CNIT exhibition center.
		Starting Point: SOFITEL LA DEFENSE GRANDE ARCHE * By car from Paris, leave the ring way at Porte Maillot and follow direction for La Defense.
		After Neuilly bridge turn right for the ring road of La Defense, take the Exit La Defense N 6 nd follow the instruction to the hotel.
	res.hotelonlinebooking.com /hotel_overview/hotelbooking_VS_3013.html (479 words)

	Worldisround - A Long Weekend in Paris - Sightseeing in Paris photos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		This view was taken from near the Grande Arche looking out over the modern...
		Sculpture by Joan Miró near the Grande Arche at La Défense in Paris.
		This is a view of the Richelieu wing of the Louvre and the Pyramide du Louvre...
	www.worldisround.com /articles/14518 (1483 words)

	La Grande Arche de La Défense \| Museum/Attraction Review \| Paris \| Frommers.com
		It was built with the blessing of the late François Mitterrand and extends the magnificently engineered straight line linking the Louvre, Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, Champs-Elysées, Arc de Triomphe, avenue de la Grande Armée, and place du Porte Maillot.
		The arch is ringed with a circular avenue patterned after the one around the Arc de Triomphe.
		When pieces of Mitterrand's grand projet started falling to the ground, they were erected to catch the falling fragments.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/paris/A25315.html (254 words)

	Architect Marie Parente's Designed Sofitel Paris La Défense Grande Arche Being Completed at Cost of $72 million ...
		The 384 room hotel is located at 17, avenue de l’Arche in Courbevoie, in the heart of Europe’s largest business quarter, where over 6,000 large multi-national companies are based, five minutes from the Métro and 30 minutes away from the Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle airport.
		Sofitel Paris La Défense Grande Arche will provide luxurious accommodation including 32 suites, a rôtisserie restaurant, bar and conference centre complete with auditorium.
		The opening of Sofitel Paris La Défense Grande Arche underscores Accor’s international expansion of the Sofitel Hotels and Resorts brand, which will comprise a total of 145 properties in 48 countries by the end of 2000.
	www.hotel-online.com /News/PressReleases2000_2nd/May00_LaDefense.html (574 words)

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