Quai de Grenelle, Riverside promenade in 15th arrondissement, France

The Quai de Grenelle is a riverside walk in the 15th arrondissement that stretches over 700 meters with a width of about 16 meters along the Seine. The walkway connects neighborhoods with shops, cafes, and open spaces where people stop to look at the river.

The quai appears on the 1730 Roussel plan as a road of the commune of Grenelle, annexed to Paris on 23 May 1863. In 1875 Paul Gauguin painted Les Usines Cail et le quai de Grenelle, showing the workshops of the Société J. F. Cail & Cie along the Seine. In the 1950s and 1960s Citroën developed part of its activity here, notably the Société des engrenages Citroën.

The name comes from the former commune of Grenelle, attached to Paris on 23 May 1863. Paul Gauguin painted Les Usines Cail et le quai de Grenelle in 1875, showing the Cail workshops along the Seine. The quay has two promenades: the square des Martyrs-Juifs-du-Vélodrome-d'Hiver and, across the road, the promenade Gibran-Khalil-Gibran, which continues onto the quai André-Citroën.

The quai runs from the Place des Martyrs-Juifs-du-Vélodrome-d'Hiver at the Pont de Bir-Hakeim to the Place Fernand-Forest at the Pont de Grenelle. A narrower street of the same name runs on the south side behind a planted strip, starting at the Rue Linois. Two promenades line the quai: the square des Martyrs-Juifs promenade and, across the road, the promenade Gibran-Khalil-Gibran, which continues onto the quai André-Citroën.

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