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| Location | Paris, France |
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| Coordinates | 48°52′44″N02°17′00″E / 48.87889°N 2.28333°E /48.87889; 2.28333 |
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| Operator | Viparis |
| Capacity | Grand Amphithéâtre: 3,723 seats Amphithéâtre Bleu: 826 seats Amphithéâtre Bordeaux: 650 seats Amphithéâtre Havane: 373 seats |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1970 |
| Opened | 28 February 1974 |
| Renovated | 1991 (Grand Amphithéâtre) |
| Expanded | 1997–1999 |
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ThePalais des congrès de Paris (French pronunciation:[palɛdekɔ̃ɡʁɛdəpaʁi]; English:Paris Congress Centre) is aconvention centre,concert venue, andshopping mall at thePorte Maillot in the17th arrondissement of Paris,France. The venue was built by French architect Guillaume Gillet, and was inaugurated in 1974.
Nearby the venue areBois de Boulogne and the affluent neighbourhood ofNeuilly-sur-Seine. The closest métro and RER stations arePorte Maillot andNeuilly–Porte Maillot, accessible via the lower levels of the building.
The land on which the convention center is located is on the edge of the Plaine des Sablons and Sablonville; it was previously occupied bybastion No. 51 on theThiers wall, theLuna-Park and the Église Notre-Dame-de-Compassion de Paris.
After the destruction of the Thiers wall fortifications around 1920, this wasteland was used for the installation of temporary summer amusement parks. Even after the war, it housed a few government buildings. The construction of theBoulevard Périphérique, parallel to it caused a complete redevelopment of the Parisian area.[1]
From 1970, on the site of the old Luna Park, the convention centre and theHotel Concorde Lafayette located next door, were built. The small Notre-Dame-de-Compassion church there, built by Louis-Philippe in memory of his deceased son, was dismantled and then rebuilt stone by stone, a hundred meters further. Works were by architects Guillaume Gillet, Serge Maloletenkov, Yves Betin and Henri Guibout, with the buildings inaugurated on 28 February 1974.
An extension was carried out between 1997 and 1999. The imposing sloping facade, which dates from this rehabilitation, is the work of architectChristian de Portzamparc.
With its 32,000 m2, the convention centre has since 1999 four amphitheatres spread over four floors:
The palace also has numerous conference rooms and a two-level shopping arcade.
During the 1999 extension, the exhibition areas were doubled with three additional levels and two new flat halls. The new Bordeaux amphitheatre is built in an inverted cone, visible on the façade. Its newarchitectural form in an inclined plane makes it unique and of international renown today.
The convention centre is managed by the company Viparis.
The Hyatt Regency Paris Étoile Hotel, located next door, with its 33 floors, 995 rooms and suites, and standing 137 m high (190 m with the antenna located on its roof), is one of the tallest buildings on the territory of the city of Paris after theEiffel Tower and theMontparnasse tower, (but smaller than some of the buildings in the La Défense district located nearby). It was inaugurated in April 1974, as part of the creation of the Centre International de Paris.
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