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  U.S. Department of Defense Official Website
Ma Xiaotian, deputy chief of staff, greets Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and his wife Becky upon their arrival in Beijing, China, Nov. 4, 2007.
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates arrived in Beijing for meetings with Chinese civilian and military leaders.
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates paid tribute to women who have answered America’s call to duty since the nation’s founding during the Women in Military Service for America Memorial’s 10th anniversary celebration here.
www.defenselink.mil   (411 words)

  
  La Défense - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
La Défense is a district of high-rise offices, apartment blocks and shopping complexes over part of the communes of Nanterre, Courbevoie and Puteaux (all in the Hauts-de-Seine département), to the west of Paris.
La Défense is named for the statue, La Défense de Paris, which was built in 1883 to commemorate the soldiers who had defended Paris during the Franco-Prussian War.
La Défense began designing itself: the first buildings (of which ESSO was the very first) were built and began to slowly replace the city's factories, shanties, and even a few farms.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/La_Defense   (521 words)

  
 Paris/La Defense - Wikitravel
La Défense is the modern high-rise and office-tower district of Paris, located beyond the arrondissements of central Paris at the start of the western outskirts of the city, beyond the last Parisian loop of the river Seine.
La Défense is the site of the Grande Arche, one of Paris' most modern and imposing landmarks, situated at the western end of the grand axis formed by the Champs-Elysées, the Place de la Concorde and the Arc de Triomphe.
The Grande Arche de la Defense, a high-rise building that reminds more of a hollow cube than an arch per se, although it is said to represent a hypercube - has a viewing platform on its top.
wikitravel.org /en/Paris/La_Defense   (315 words)

  
 MEGA PROJECTS: LA DEFENSE
La Défense implements the first two objectives: By 1958, earlier decisions were in motion: La Défense was to be transformed to a city for the Twenty-first Century and the area was soon designated as suburban growth pole.
La Défense is one of three newly built environments that mesh with existing concentrations of capital along Paris' central spine of continuous commercial, cultural and political development and investment (the other two are Les Halles and the Secteur Seine Sud-Est).
The name La Défense was taken from a statue erected in the vicinity in 1883 as a memorial to the defenders of Paris in the Siege of 1870 during the Franco- Prussian War.
www3.sympatico.ca /david.macleod/LADEF.HTM   (2793 words)

  
 La Defense Hotels - Hôtels La Défense, CNIT, Grand Arche
All hotels are located within the area of La Defense and walking distance to all convention centers and conference centers.
The hotel is located in the new business district of La Defense, close to the Grande Arche and the CNIT exhibition center.
In the Heart of La Defense, 10 Min from the Convention Centre and the Arc De Triomphe.
www.ladefensehotels.com   (452 words)

  
 La Defense Hotels in central Paris, France
From a cheap la Defense hotel, to 4 and 5 star La Defense hotels with special offers, you are sure to find the best La Defense hotel Accommodation with us.
The Pavillon Pereire Arc de triomphe, La Défense is a charming marriage of comfort and refined decor in a typical parisian style.
Located near the Arc de Triomphe, La Défense and the Champs Elysees on a quiet square, the Hotel de Neuville a XIX mansion with flowered garden is situated in one of the most elegant district of Paris.
www.discountcityhotels.com /Paris/La-Defense-Paris-Hotels.htm   (1098 words)

  
 VRMAG - MODERN PARIS: LA DEFENSE, VIRTUAL PANORAMAS BY LAURENT THION
The name ‘Defense’ originates from the monument ‘La Défense de Paris’, which was erected in 1883 to commemorate the war of 1870.
In 1951 the Defense site was chosen as a modern office center and plans were in place to build two rows of skyscrapers of equal height but these plans went awry and the result is a mix of office towers of differing heights.
With buildings such as the CNIT and the Grande Arche, the architecture of La Défense is definitely futuristic.
vrm.vrway.com /issue14/MODERN_PARIS_LA_DEFENSE_VIRTUAL_PANORAMAS_BY_LAURENT_THION.html   (808 words)

  
 La Defense
One of the attractions of the esplanade is the Arc de La Défense, modern sculptures, water fontains and a lot of animation during the day.
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.
The project was ending the Parisian kilometers long perspective from the Louvre palace to La Défense including the Tuileries garden, the Concorde square, the Champs-Elysées, the Arc de Triomphe and the Avenue de la Grande Armée.
www.frenchhomerentals.com /paris/ladefense/la_defense.htm   (1016 words)

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