Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Puteaux, France

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Number of sights 13 sights
Distance 5 km
Ascend 207 m
Descend 204 m

Explore Puteaux in France with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Sight 1: Le Moretti

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Le Moretti

The Moretti is a work by the French artist Raymond Moretti. It is one of the works of art of La Défense, in France.

Wikipedia: Le Moretti (FR), Url

420 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 2: La Grenouille

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La Grenouille

The frog is a sculpted fountain of Claude Tourricini installed in 1987. It is one of the works of art in defense, in France.

Wikipedia: La Grenouille (Torricini) (FR), Url

390 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 3: La Défense de Paris

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La Défense de ParisGuilhem Vellut from Paris, France / CC BY 2.0

La Défense de Paris is a sculpted group by Louis-Ernest Barrias, inaugurated on 12 August 1883 at the "Carrefour de Courbevoie", renamed "Rond-point de la Défense" and which development work definitively removed in 1971. It is located in the commune of Puteaux in the Hauts-de-Seine, west of Paris.

Wikipedia: La Défense de Paris (statue) (FR)

30 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 4: Fontaine Agam

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Fontaine Agam

Fountain is an installation by Yaacov Agam. It is one of the works of art of La Défense, in France.

Wikipedia: Fontaine (Agam) (FR), Url

256 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 5: Lovers playing with almond blossoms

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Two fantastic characters is a monumental sculpture by Joan Miró. It is one of the defense works of art in France.

Wikipedia: Deux personnages fantastiques (FR)

277 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: Église Notre-Dame-de-Pentecôte

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Notre-Dame de Pentecôte (NDP) is a church house in the diocese of Nanterre located in the heart of the business district of La Défense, in the Hauts-de-Seine, in the western suburbs of Paris.

Wikipedia: Notre-Dame de Pentecôte (FR)

436 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 7: Le Pouce

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The thumb is a work of Caesar. It is one of the defense works of art, in France, exemplary of the series of works of the same name.

Wikipedia: Le Pouce (La Défense) (FR), Url

652 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 8: Fresque monumentale

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Fresque monumentale

Monumental fresco is a work by Jean Dewasne. It is one of the works of art of La Défense, in France.

Wikipedia: Fresque monumentale (FR), Url

188 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: Grande Arche de la Défense

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La Grande Arche de la Défense, originally called La Grande Arche de la Fraternité, 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 Grand Projects of François Mitterrand. The distance from La Grande Arche to Arc de Triomphe is 4 km.

Wikipedia: Grande Arche (EN)

342 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 10: Mur végétal

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The Green Wall is a work by Patrick Blanc. It is one of the works of art of La Défense, in France.

Wikipedia: Mur végétal (La Défense) (FR), Website

87 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 11: L'Escalier

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L'Escalier

The Staircase is a work by Piotr Kowalski. It is one of the works of art of La Défense, in France.

Wikipedia: L'Escalier (Kowalski) (FR)

1504 meters / 18 minutes

Sight 12: Chapelle Saint-Joseph des Fontenelles

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The Saint-Joseph-des-Fontenelles chapel is a Catholic church located 9, rue Edmond-Dubuis in Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine).

Wikipedia: Chapelle Saint-Joseph-des-Fontenelles de Nanterre (FR), Website, Website Igpc_doc Ia00070492

440 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 13: Parc André Malraux

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Parc André Malraux

Parc André-Malraux is a green space located in the east of Nanterre and owned by the Hauts-de-Seine department.

Wikipedia: Parc André Malraux (FR)

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