Grande Arche

Grande Arche de la Défense
General information
Type	office
Location	La Défense, Île-de-France, France
Coordinates	48°53′34″N 2°14′09″E / 48.89278°N 2.23583°E / 48.89278; 2.23583
Construction started	1985
Completed	1989
Inaugurated	14 July 1989
Height	110 m (360 ft)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Johan Otto von Spreckelsen Erik Reitzel

La Grande Arche de la Défense (French: [la ɡʁɑ̃d aʁʃ də la defɑ̃s]; "The Great Arch of the Defense"), originally called La Grande Arche de la Fraternité (French: [fʁatɛʁnite]; "Fraternity"), 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 Grands Projets of François Mitterrand. The distance from La Grande Arche to Arc de Triomphe is 4 km (2+1⁄2 miles).^[1]