Palais de Chaillot, Palace in Trocadéro area of 16th arrondissement, France
Palais de Chaillot is a palace in the Trocadéro area of the 16th arrondissement in Paris, formed by two separate wings that create a wide curve with central pavilions. The two wings embrace an open plaza with gardens and staircases that descend toward the Seine riverbank.
The building was created for the 1937 International Exhibition and replaced the earlier 19th century Palais du Trocadéro. The United Nations held an important assembly here in 1948 when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted.
The name Chaillot comes from the hill on which the palace stands, a spot known for centuries as a viewing point over Paris. Today many visitors gather on the terrace between the two wings to take photographs facing the Eiffel Tower.
The nearest metro station is Trocadéro on lines 6 and 9, and from there it is just a short walk to the main entrance. The large terraces and staircases are freely accessible, while the museums inside the wings have their own opening hours.
More than twenty sculptors, nearly sixty painters, and two ornamental ironworkers collaborated to create the decoration of the neoclassical facades and interiors. This collaboration made the construction a large collective work by French artists of the 1930s.
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