Quai Gallieni, Riverfront promenade in Suresnes, France.
Quai Gallieni is a riverfront walkway along the Seine in Suresnes with steps and access points to the water below the main level. The promenade connects different areas of the town center and provides direct contact with the river landscape.
The quay was named Quai Bourbon in 1820, Quai Royal in 1846, Quai Impérial in 1855 and Quai de Suresnes in 1873, before becoming Quai du Général-Gallieni in 1916, the year Joseph Gallieni died. Its southern section was later split off as Quai Léon-Blum and Quai Marcel-Dassault. In 1861 one of four toll offices in Suresnes stood on the quay, shared with Saint-Cloud, and was removed in 1943.
The quay's name honours Joseph Gallieni (1849–1916), a colonial military administrator; it was renamed in 1916, during the First World War. The lower banks, reached by pedestrian stairs, bring people close to the Seine, while cyclists use the dedicated cycle lanes along the road.
The quay follows the D7 along the Seine, with the Pont de Suresnes crossing overhead and a slip road linking it to Boulevard Henri-Sellier toward the Bois de Boulogne and Paris. Cyclists have their own lanes. Low quays reached by pedestrian staircases bring you down to the water's edge.
Nearby sits the Village Anglais, a residential complex featuring Norman-English style buildings dating to 1923 situated right along the riverbank. This unusual architecture creates a small corner of England within the French landscape.
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