Grande Arche
Monument to humanity in Greater Paris
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La Grande Arche de la Défense (French: [la ɡʁɑ̃d aʁʃ d(ə) la defɑ̃s]; "The Great Arch of the Defense"), originally called La Grande Arche de la Fraternité (French: [fʁatɛʁnite]; "Fraternity"), is a monument and building in the business district of La Défense and in the commune of Puteaux, to the west of Paris, France. It is usually known as the Arche de la Défense or simply as La Grande Arche.
A 110-metre-high (360 ft) cube, La Grande Arche is part of the perspective from the Louvre to Arc de Triomphe, and was one of the Grands Projets of François Mitterrand. The distance from La Grande Arche to Arc de Triomphe is 4 km (2+1⁄2 miles).
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Paris Nanterre University
French university in the Academy of Versailles
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La Défense
Business district in Île-de-France, France
0.2 mi away
Neuilly-sur-Seine
Commune in Île-de-France, France
1.6 mi away
Château de Neuilly
Former French royal palace in Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1751–1848
1.2 mi away
Puteaux
Commune in Île-de-France, France
0.6 mi away
Courbevoie
Commune in Île-de-France, France
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