Francisco Aragão
Palais de Chaillot - Paris
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Portuguese
O Palais de Chaillot é um palácio de exposições localizado no 16º arrondissement de Paris, situado na Praça do Trocadéro e do onze de Novembro (Place du Trocadéro et du onze novembre), na colina de Chaillot. Foi realizado no âmbito da Exposição Universal de Paris de 1937 pelos arquitectos, e vencedores do Prémio de Roma, Léon Azéma, Jacques Carlu e Louis-Hippolyte Boileau, em lugar e no sítio do Ancien Palais du Trocadéro.
A colina de Chaillot abrigava, desde 1651, o convento da Visitação, destruido após a Revolução. A esplanada aberta no coração de Paris em resultado desta destruição, suscitou numerosos projectos: Napoleão I queria ali uma cidade imperial em honra do seu filho, o Rei de Roma; o escultor Antoine Etex desejava, quanto a ele, uma fonte monumental e uma frase. Mas nada disto seria realizado.
Frente ao sucesso popular da expedição espanhola de 1823, e da sua vitória na Batalha do Forte do Trocadéro pelo Duque de Angoulême (1775-1844), Luís XVIII teve a ideia de construir um monumento em homenagem a este feito de armas. A "Villa Trocadéro" era um palácio em estilo mourisco, flanqueado por dois minaretes de 70 metros de altura.
O Ancien Palais du Trocadéro foi construído em seguida por Gabriel Davioud e Jules Bourdais para a Exposição Universal de Paris de 1878, com jardins do engenheiro Alphand. Mais tarde, no âmbito da Exposição Universal de 1937, o edifício foi destruído e substituído pelo Palais de Chaillot, o qual conserva uma parte da estrutura e da configuração do seu antecessor, com duas alas em semicírculo.
O Palais de Chaillot é formado por dois pavilhões e duas alas curvilíneas delimitando um espaço central, a Esplanada dos Direitos do Homem, que desce em direcção ao Sena. Entre as duas alas, de "Passy" e de "Paris", o Jardim do Trocadéro domina a vista sobre a Torre Eiffel e os Champ de Mars.
O conjunto de edifícios caracteriza-se por uma abundante estatuária devida, entre outros, aos artistas Paul Belmondo, Léon-Ernest Drivier e Marcel Gimond. Os dois pavilhões são encimados por grupos monumentais esculpidos por Raymond Delamarre e Carlo Sarrabezolles.
Em frente situa-se o Jardim do Trocadéro, ornado por esculturas e por uma vegetação organizada no seio de um parque à inglesa. Este jardim é emoldurando por tanques e cascata, a fonte de Varsóvia, os quais foram erigidos em 1937 e são servidos por vinte jactos de água em oito patamares sucessivos.
English
The Trocadéro, site of the Palais de Chaillot, is an area of Paris, France, in the 16th arrondissement, across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower. The hill of the Trocadéro is the hill of Chaillot, a former village.
Trocadero is an island inside the Bay of Cadiz, in the South of Spain, bordering the Spanish mainland. Nowadays, it is connected to Cadiz by the bridge that goes across the bay. Originally, the name trocadero refers to an emporium or place of trade. In the Battle of Trocadero, the fortified position was captured by French forces led by the Duc d'Angoulême, son of the future king, Charles X, on August 31, 1823. France had intervened on behalf of King Ferdinand VII of Spain, whose rule was contested by a liberal rebellion. Trocadero restored the autocratic Spanish Bourbon Ferdinand VII to the throne of Spain, in an action that defined the Restauration. The Battle of Trocadero was particularly bloody. Spanish liberal army were into a hind of entrenchment at Cortadura de San José,(Puerto Real) which actually placed at Parque Metropolitano Marismas de Los Toruños y Pinar de La Algaida. Cortadura means a channel of sea water those communicates two different maritime channels. At the opposite side of the channel, spanish "voluntaries" build a fort, using sacks of sand which were placed at a artificial rampart. As the fort was taken because of the brave of French Soldier and Cádiz was surrender after a couple of months, the Victory was largely celebrated at France.
Chateaubriand said "«Enjamber d'un pas les Espagnes, réussir là où Bonaparte avait échoué, triompher sur ce même sol où les armes de l'homme fantastique avaient eu des revers, faire en six mois ce qu'il n'avait pu faire en sept ans, c'était un véritable prodige !»
Today the square is officially named Place du Trocadéro et du 11 Novembre, although it is usually simply called the Place du Trocadéro.
The Trocadéro during the Exposition Universelle of 1900.
(Antonio Villalpando, as Cultural Heritage Advisory of Red de Parques Metropolitanos de Andalucia reviewed this article)
The hill of Chaillot was first arranged for the 1867 World's Fair. For the 1878 World's Fair, the (old) Palais du Trocadéro was built here (where meetings of international organizations could be held during the fair). The palace's form was that of a large concert hall with two wings and two towers; its style was a mixture of exotic and historical references, generally called "Moorish" but with some Byzantine elements. The architect was Gabriel Davioud. The concert hall contained a large organ built by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll; the first large organ to be installed in a concert hall in France (it has since been modified twice, and eventually moved in 1977 to the Auditorium Maurice Ravel in Lyon, where is still in use today). The building proved unpopular, although the cost expended in its construction delayed its replacement for nearly fifty years.
Below the building in the space left by former underground quarries, a large aquarium was built to contain fish of French rivers. It was renovated in 1937 but closed again for renovation from 1985 until May 22, 2006[1]. The space between the palais and the Seine is set with gardens, designed by Jean-Charles Alphand, and an array of fountains.
Within its garden, the old palace contained two large animal statues, of a rhinoceros and an elephant, which were removed and stored during the demolition of the old Trocadero palace, and have been located next to the entrance of the Musée d'Orsay since 1986.
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Palais de Chaillot - Paris
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Francisco Aragão © 2011. All Rights Reserved.
Use without permission is illegal.
Attention please !
If you are interested in my photos, they are available for sale. Please contact me by email: aragaofrancisco@gmail.com. Do not use without permission.
Many images are available for license on Getty Images
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Portuguese
O Palais de Chaillot é um palácio de exposições localizado no 16º arrondissement de Paris, situado na Praça do Trocadéro e do onze de Novembro (Place du Trocadéro et du onze novembre), na colina de Chaillot. Foi realizado no âmbito da Exposição Universal de Paris de 1937 pelos arquitectos, e vencedores do Prémio de Roma, Léon Azéma, Jacques Carlu e Louis-Hippolyte Boileau, em lugar e no sítio do Ancien Palais du Trocadéro.
A colina de Chaillot abrigava, desde 1651, o convento da Visitação, destruido após a Revolução. A esplanada aberta no coração de Paris em resultado desta destruição, suscitou numerosos projectos: Napoleão I queria ali uma cidade imperial em honra do seu filho, o Rei de Roma; o escultor Antoine Etex desejava, quanto a ele, uma fonte monumental e uma frase. Mas nada disto seria realizado.
Frente ao sucesso popular da expedição espanhola de 1823, e da sua vitória na Batalha do Forte do Trocadéro pelo Duque de Angoulême (1775-1844), Luís XVIII teve a ideia de construir um monumento em homenagem a este feito de armas. A "Villa Trocadéro" era um palácio em estilo mourisco, flanqueado por dois minaretes de 70 metros de altura.
O Ancien Palais du Trocadéro foi construído em seguida por Gabriel Davioud e Jules Bourdais para a Exposição Universal de Paris de 1878, com jardins do engenheiro Alphand. Mais tarde, no âmbito da Exposição Universal de 1937, o edifício foi destruído e substituído pelo Palais de Chaillot, o qual conserva uma parte da estrutura e da configuração do seu antecessor, com duas alas em semicírculo.
O Palais de Chaillot é formado por dois pavilhões e duas alas curvilíneas delimitando um espaço central, a Esplanada dos Direitos do Homem, que desce em direcção ao Sena. Entre as duas alas, de "Passy" e de "Paris", o Jardim do Trocadéro domina a vista sobre a Torre Eiffel e os Champ de Mars.
O conjunto de edifícios caracteriza-se por uma abundante estatuária devida, entre outros, aos artistas Paul Belmondo, Léon-Ernest Drivier e Marcel Gimond. Os dois pavilhões são encimados por grupos monumentais esculpidos por Raymond Delamarre e Carlo Sarrabezolles.
Em frente situa-se o Jardim do Trocadéro, ornado por esculturas e por uma vegetação organizada no seio de um parque à inglesa. Este jardim é emoldurando por tanques e cascata, a fonte de Varsóvia, os quais foram erigidos em 1937 e são servidos por vinte jactos de água em oito patamares sucessivos.
English
The Trocadéro, site of the Palais de Chaillot, is an area of Paris, France, in the 16th arrondissement, across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower. The hill of the Trocadéro is the hill of Chaillot, a former village.
Trocadero is an island inside the Bay of Cadiz, in the South of Spain, bordering the Spanish mainland. Nowadays, it is connected to Cadiz by the bridge that goes across the bay. Originally, the name trocadero refers to an emporium or place of trade. In the Battle of Trocadero, the fortified position was captured by French forces led by the Duc d'Angoulême, son of the future king, Charles X, on August 31, 1823. France had intervened on behalf of King Ferdinand VII of Spain, whose rule was contested by a liberal rebellion. Trocadero restored the autocratic Spanish Bourbon Ferdinand VII to the throne of Spain, in an action that defined the Restauration. The Battle of Trocadero was particularly bloody. Spanish liberal army were into a hind of entrenchment at Cortadura de San José,(Puerto Real) which actually placed at Parque Metropolitano Marismas de Los Toruños y Pinar de La Algaida. Cortadura means a channel of sea water those communicates two different maritime channels. At the opposite side of the channel, spanish "voluntaries" build a fort, using sacks of sand which were placed at a artificial rampart. As the fort was taken because of the brave of French Soldier and Cádiz was surrender after a couple of months, the Victory was largely celebrated at France.
Chateaubriand said "«Enjamber d'un pas les Espagnes, réussir là où Bonaparte avait échoué, triompher sur ce même sol où les armes de l'homme fantastique avaient eu des revers, faire en six mois ce qu'il n'avait pu faire en sept ans, c'était un véritable prodige !»
Today the square is officially named Place du Trocadéro et du 11 Novembre, although it is usually simply called the Place du Trocadéro.
The Trocadéro during the Exposition Universelle of 1900.
(Antonio Villalpando, as Cultural Heritage Advisory of Red de Parques Metropolitanos de Andalucia reviewed this article)
The hill of Chaillot was first arranged for the 1867 World's Fair. For the 1878 World's Fair, the (old) Palais du Trocadéro was built here (where meetings of international organizations could be held during the fair). The palace's form was that of a large concert hall with two wings and two towers; its style was a mixture of exotic and historical references, generally called "Moorish" but with some Byzantine elements. The architect was Gabriel Davioud. The concert hall contained a large organ built by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll; the first large organ to be installed in a concert hall in France (it has since been modified twice, and eventually moved in 1977 to the Auditorium Maurice Ravel in Lyon, where is still in use today). The building proved unpopular, although the cost expended in its construction delayed its replacement for nearly fifty years.
Below the building in the space left by former underground quarries, a large aquarium was built to contain fish of French rivers. It was renovated in 1937 but closed again for renovation from 1985 until May 22, 2006[1]. The space between the palais and the Seine is set with gardens, designed by Jean-Charles Alphand, and an array of fountains.
Within its garden, the old palace contained two large animal statues, of a rhinoceros and an elephant, which were removed and stored during the demolition of the old Trocadero palace, and have been located next to the entrance of the Musée d'Orsay since 1986.
Wikipedia