Palais de Chaillot

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Art Deco building building complex cultural venue

The Palais de Chaillot is a prominent Art Deco complex in Paris, France, best known for its sweeping terraces overlooking the Eiffel Tower and its role as a cultural hub housing several major museums and institutions.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine	1
Palacio de Trocadero	1
Théâtre National de Chaillot	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Art Deco building ⓘ building complex ⓘ cultural venue ⓘ
architect	Jacques Carlu ⓘ Louis-Hippolyte Boileau ⓘ Léon Azéma ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Art Deco ⓘ
builtFor	Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (1937) ⓘ
city	Paris ⓘ
constructionStart	1935 ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
function	cultural center ⓘ museum complex ⓘ theatre venue ⓘ
hasPart	central terrace ⓘ east wing ⓘ Trocadéro ⓘ surface form: esplanade du Trocadéro west wing ⓘ
hasStatue	golden statues on the terraces ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate	1993 ⓘ
heritageStatus	Monument historique (France) ⓘ
historicalEvent	site of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the UN General Assembly in 1948 ⓘ
historicalUse	headquarters of the United Nations General Assembly (temporary, post–World War II) ⓘ
houses	Palais de Chaillot self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine Musée de l’Homme ⓘ Musée national de la Marine (historically) ⓘ Palais de Chaillot self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Théâtre National de Chaillot
inaugurationDate	1937 ⓘ
locatedIn	16th arrondissement of Paris ⓘ Paris ⓘ
locatedOn	Place du Trocadéro ⓘ
material	stone ⓘ
near	Pont d’Iéna ⓘ River Seine ⓘ surface form: Seine River
notableFeature	curved wings forming a wide arc ⓘ large open terraces facing the Eiffel Tower ⓘ
operator	City of Paris (for some institutions) ⓘ
overlooks	Eiffel Tower ⓘ
ownedBy	French Republic ⓘ surface form: French state
publicTransit	Trocadéro ⓘ surface form: Trocadéro metro station
region	Île-de-France region ⓘ surface form: Île-de-France
replaced	Trocadéro ⓘ surface form: Palais du Trocadéro
usedFor	cultural events ⓘ exhibitions ⓘ official ceremonies ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Place du Trocadéro → adjacentTo → Palais de Chaillot ⓘ

United Nations General Assembly resolution 217 A (III) → adoptedAt → Palais de Chaillot ⓘ

16th arrondissement of Paris → contains → Palais de Chaillot ⓘ

Trocadéro → hasPart → Palais de Chaillot ⓘ

Palais de Chaillot → houses → Palais de Chaillot self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine

Palais de Chaillot → houses → Palais de Chaillot self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Théâtre National de Chaillot

Musée de l’Homme → locatedIn → Palais de Chaillot ⓘ

Musée national de la Marine (historically) → locatedInBuilding → Palais de Chaillot ⓘ

subject surface form: Musée national de la Marine

Place du Trocadéro → namedAfter → Palais de Chaillot ⓘ

this entity surface form: Palacio de Trocadero

Art Deco → notableExample → Palais de Chaillot ⓘ

Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (1937) → notableStructure → Palais de Chaillot ⓘ

Jacques Carlu → notableWork → Palais de Chaillot ⓘ

Louis-Hippolyte Boileau → notableWork → Palais de Chaillot ⓘ