{"id":37247,"date":"2019-11-27T15:52:42","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T14:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/?p=37247"},"modified":"2019-11-27T15:54:57","modified_gmt":"2019-11-27T14:54:57","slug":"5-things-to-see-in-la-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/5-things-to-see-in-la-defense\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Things to See in La Defense"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>5 Things to See in La Defense<\/h2><div id=\"disco-3051606664\" class=\"disco-social-pug-2019 disco-entity-placement\"><p><div  class=\"dpsp-shortcode-wrapper dpsp-shape-rounded dpsp-size-medium dpsp-column-auto dpsp-has-spacing dpsp-has-buttons-count dpsp-show-on-mobile dpsp-button-style-6\"><ul class=\"dpsp-networks-btns-wrapper dpsp-networks-btns-share dpsp-networks-btns-content dpsp-column-auto \" style=\"padding:0;margin:0;list-style-type:none\">\n<li class=\"dpsp-network-list-item dpsp-network-list-item-facebook\" style=\"float:left\">\n\t<a 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class=\"size-full wp-image-37248\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/le_quartier_de_la_defense_vu_de_la_tour_saint-jacques_paris_aout_2014.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4592\" height=\"2583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/le_quartier_de_la_defense_vu_de_la_tour_saint-jacques_paris_aout_2014.jpg 924w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/le_quartier_de_la_defense_vu_de_la_tour_saint-jacques_paris_aout_2014-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/le_quartier_de_la_defense_vu_de_la_tour_saint-jacques_paris_aout_2014-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/le_quartier_de_la_defense_vu_de_la_tour_saint-jacques_paris_aout_2014-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/le_quartier_de_la_defense_vu_de_la_tour_saint-jacques_paris_aout_2014-816x459.jpg 816w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4592px) 100vw, 4592px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-37248\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">La Defense seen from the center of Â鶹APP. Picture taken by Yann Caradec, sourced from Wikipedia<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Â鶹APP is world-famous for the beauty of its historical center. But it is not only the city of the past but also the city of the present, the dynamic capital of the sixth biggest economy in the world. This modernity is best exemplified in its business district: La Defense.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike many big cities in the world, Â鶹APP\u2019s business district is not located in its center but in its suburbs. The authorities wanted to preserve the homogeneity of the center of Â鶹APP. Thus, they chose a territory at the crossing of four cities of the western suburb: Nanterre, Puteaux, Courbevoie and La Garenne-Colombes.<\/p>\n<p>The name La Defense is a reference to a nineteenth century statue commemorating the defense of Â鶹APP during a war in 1870.<\/p>\n<p>Before the fifties, you had only pavilions, warehouses and little workshops there.<\/p>\n<p>Today this business center is the biggest in Europe at 160 hectares. It is the workplace of around 180 000 workers. They work for 2 500 companies, including the biggest ones of the country.<\/p>\n<p>For me, it is more than a workplace. It bears the testimony of the dream of prosperity made in a recent past. It can also be seen as an open-air museum of modern architecture. This is a lively district where many Â鶹APPians work and live, embellished by contemporary art.<\/p>\n<p>Let me show you five things to see in La Defense !<\/p>\n<h3>1. The Arche de la D\u00e9fense<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_37257\" style=\"width: 2826px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/grande_arche_de_la_defense.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37257\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37257\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/grande_arche_de_la_defense.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2816\" height=\"2112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/grande_arche_de_la_defense.jpg 924w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/grande_arche_de_la_defense-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/grande_arche_de_la_defense-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/grande_arche_de_la_defense-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/grande_arche_de_la_defense-816x612.jpg 816w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2816px) 100vw, 2816px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-37257\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The arch by Daniel Rodet. Sourced from Wikipedia<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Being 110 meters tall and 112 meters deep, this arch could contain the entire Notre-Dame cathedral !<\/p>\n<p>This monument cannot be understood without a reference to two others Â鶹APPian arches: the Arc du Carousel and the Arc de l\u2019\u00c9toile, known in English as the Arc of Triumph.<\/p>\n<p>These two arches were commissioned by Napoleon in the early 19th century to imitate the arch of triumph built by the Romans.<\/p>\n<p>They are located on the extremities of the \u201chistorical line\u201d of Â鶹APP, that starts with the Louvre, goes through the Tuileries Garden and the Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es. This line is originally the path going from the Tuileries, the Â鶹APPian palace of the king to the castle of Saint-Germain-en-Laye in the countryside.<\/p>\n<p>The arch of La Defense also had a symbolic meaning. The new business was continuing a history which began in the 17th century and completed in the following centuries, like a chain in time and space.<\/p>\n<p>A Danish architect, Johan-Otto Von Spreckelsen, and the French president who commissioned it, Fran\u00e7ois Mitterrand, wanted a monument dedicated to fraternity. This official name is La Grande Arche de la Fraternit\u00e9, even though few people know it and even fewer use this name.<\/p>\n<p>This open cube can be read like a window open to the world and open to the Other. Like every big monument of contemporary art, it sparked some controversies at its beginning.<\/p>\n<h6>1 Parvis de la Defense, 92 800 Puteaux<\/h6>\n<h3>2. The Towers<\/h3>\n<p>In the inner city of Â鶹APP, the size of the building is limited by the law and by the resistance of the Â鶹APPians to anything massive in the old city. There are a few exceptions like the Montparnasse tower but they have been very controversial and were not imitated.<\/p>\n<p>You will have to go to La Defense to enjoy the modern skyscrapers. If this urban landscape reminds you another place, it is normal: it has been nicknamed \u201cManhattan on the river Seine\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Below are the main towers of La Defense, based on their historical importance or their singular look.<\/p>\n<h4>Tour Initiale<\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_37269\" style=\"width: 412px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/tour_initiale.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37269\" class=\" wp-image-37269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/tour_initiale.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"402\" height=\"754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/tour_initiale.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/tour_initiale-160x300.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/tour_initiale-768x1439.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/tour_initiale-546x1024.jpg 546w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/tour_initiale-816x1529.jpg 816w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-37269\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The tour Initiale by Hugues Milton. Sourced from Wikipedia<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This 105 m tall tower built in 1966 is one of the first skyscrapers of the Defense. It was made in only six weeks !<\/p>\n<p>It was inspired by a tower of Park Avenue in New York: the Lever House. Despite being built only a decade before most of the other towers, it has an old style that brings some diversity.<\/p>\n<h6>1, terrasse Bellini, 92800 Puteaux<\/h6>\n<h4>Tour Defense 2000<\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_37271\" style=\"width: 411px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/tour_defense_2000.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37271\" class=\" wp-image-37271\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/tour_defense_2000.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"401\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/tour_defense_2000.jpg 693w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/tour_defense_2000-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/tour_defense_2000-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/tour_defense_2000-816x1088.jpg 816w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-37271\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Tour Defense 2000 by Daniel Rodet. Sourced from Wikipedia<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This one is original for its function: it is not an office tower but a residential tower.<\/p>\n<p>Inspired by the Chase Tower of Chicago, this tower was delivered in 1974. For a long time, it was the highest residential tower of Europe but was beaten in 2010 by the Capital City in Moscow.<\/p>\n<p>This tower did not meet a big success in the beginning and had problems to find inhabitants.<\/p>\n<p>It shows you the difference of taste between the architects of that time and the majority of the French. This is supported by Le Corbusier&#8217;s theory, that people wanted everything big in the 60s and 70s whereas most French had, and still have today, a taste for what is smaller and more picturesque.<\/p>\n<h6>23 rue Louis-Pouey, 92\u00a0800 Puteaux<\/h6>\n<h4>Tour Chartis<\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_37277\" style=\"width: 411px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/tour_chartis.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37277\" class=\" wp-image-37277\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/tour_chartis.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"401\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/tour_chartis.jpg 693w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/tour_chartis-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/tour_chartis-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/tour_chartis-816x1088.jpg 816w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-37277\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Tour Chartis by Daniel Rodet. Sourced from Wikipedia<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This tower stands out by its colour. Built in white concrete, with windows covering only 40% of its fa\u00e7ade, it got the nickname of the \u201cWhite Tower\u201d.<\/p>\n<h6>34, place des Corolles, 92400 Courbevoie<\/h6>\n<h4>Tour Areva<\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_37273\" style=\"width: 459px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/tour_areva.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37273\" class=\" wp-image-37273\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/tour_areva.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"449\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/tour_areva.jpg 693w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/tour_areva-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/tour_areva-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/tour_areva-816x1088.jpg 816w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-37273\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Tour Areva by Daniel Rodet. Sourced from Wikipedia<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This black tower, 178 m tall, was designed by an architecture firm from New York in the 70s.<\/p>\n<p>The balance of the building does not rest on its core but on its fa\u00e7ade: the windows get bigger at every floor.<\/p>\n<p>I find it very elegant with its dark granite facing and its stained glasses.<\/p>\n<h6>1, place de la Coupole-Jean-Millier, 92400 Courbevoie<\/h6>\n<h4>Tour Majunga<\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_37766\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/la_tour_majunga_cote_puteaux_fevrier_2014.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37766\" class=\" wp-image-37766\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/la_tour_majunga_cote_puteaux_fevrier_2014.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/la_tour_majunga_cote_puteaux_fevrier_2014.jpg 614w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/la_tour_majunga_cote_puteaux_fevrier_2014-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/la_tour_majunga_cote_puteaux_fevrier_2014-768x1155.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/la_tour_majunga_cote_puteaux_fevrier_2014-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/la_tour_majunga_cote_puteaux_fevrier_2014-816x1227.jpg 816w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-37766\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Tour Majunga by Vincevinss. Sourced from Wikipedia<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This tower is among the most recent ones: it was inaugurated in 2014. It is characteristic of the towers of the last generation which have some more original designs.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from the originality of the fa\u00e7ade, the Majunga tower is also the first tower in France to have a balcony at every floor and several gardens inside. It is designed to let in a maximum of natural light at every floor.<\/p>\n<h6>10 rue Delarivi\u00e8re-Lefoullon, 92 800 Puteaux<\/h6>\n<h3>3. The CNIT<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_37279\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cnit.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37279\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37279\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cnit.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cnit.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cnit-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cnit-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-37279\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The CNIT sourced from tourism92.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This building has a strong symbolic importance for the district.<\/p>\n<p>Built in 1958, it marked the birth of the new area. CNIT is the acronym of &#8216;Centre National de l\u2019Industrie et des Techniques&#8217; and it was conceived as an exhibition hall.<\/p>\n<p>This architecture was very modern at the time when it was built. Three architects collaborated on it: Robert Camelot, Jean de Mailly, Bernard Zehrfuss. They had each and separately won a prestigious French contest, the &#8216;Price of Rome&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The CNIT is among the buildings built on the \u201cdalle\u201d of La Defense. It is a concrete slab that supports the building of the surface while beneath it hides a motorway, the train and metro lines that connect La Defense with Â鶹APP and the rest of the suburbs.<\/p>\n<p>Today it is used by many boutiques as part of the nearby mall: Westfield Les Quatre Temps.<\/p>\n<h6>2, parvis de la D\u00e9fense, 92800 Puteaux<\/h6>\n<h3>4.\u00a0 The mall: Westfield les Quatre Temps<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_37281\" style=\"width: 3080px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2008-10-14_11-22-55quatretemps.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37281\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2008-10-14_11-22-55quatretemps.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3070\" height=\"1793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2008-10-14_11-22-55quatretemps.jpg 924w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2008-10-14_11-22-55quatretemps-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2008-10-14_11-22-55quatretemps-768x449.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2008-10-14_11-22-55quatretemps-1024x598.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2008-10-14_11-22-55quatretemps-816x477.jpg 816w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3070px) 100vw, 3070px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-37281\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Les Quatre Temps by Hugues Milton. Sourced from Wikipedia<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This mall is the most visited in France: in 2016, it welcomed 49 million visitors. It is also the first one by its revenue and the second biggest by the size of the building, containing four levels.<\/p>\n<p>With 222 boutiques, 46 restaurants and a big movie theater, this recently renovated mall is attracting not only the businessmen of La Defense but also the whole western suburbs of Â鶹APP.<\/p>\n<p>The malls are often despised by thinkers who see them as temples of consumption. But if you set aside judgment about capitalism and modern economy, the malls are very interesting from a sociological perspective.<\/p>\n<p>In les Quatre Temps, you can see what and where real Â鶹APPians buy, away from the tourists traps or the unaffordable fashion boutiques of the center.<\/p>\n<h6>15 parvis de la D\u00e9fense, 92092 Puteaux<\/h6>\n<h3>5. The Artwork<\/h3>\n<p>This area made of iron, glass and concrete could look austere if it was not embellished by some contemporary art pieces. They bring some fantasy to this temple of business.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a short selection.<\/p>\n<h4>The Agam Fountain<\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_37283\" style=\"width: 934px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/la-fontaine-d-agam.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37283\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37283\" src=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/la-fontaine-d-agam.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"924\" height=\"693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/la-fontaine-d-agam.jpg 924w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/la-fontaine-d-agam-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/la-fontaine-d-agam-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/la-fontaine-d-agam-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/la-fontaine-d-agam-816x612.jpg 816w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 924px) 100vw, 924px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-37283\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The fountain of Agam. 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