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La Defense
La Défense
by Eduard Wichner

La Défense is a major business district near Paris, in France. La Défense is Europe's largest purpose-built business district with 560 hectares (5.6 million square metres) area, 72 glass and steel buildings and skyscrapers, 180,000 daily workers, and 3.5 million square metres (37.7 million sq ft) of office space. Around its Grande Arche and esplanade ("le Parvis"), La Défense contains many of the Paris urban area's tallest high-rises, and is home to no fewer than 1,500 corporate head offices, including those of 15 of the top 50 companies in the world. The district is located at the western-most extremity of the ten-kilometre-long Historical Axis of Paris, which starts at the Louvre in Central Paris, and continues along the Champs-Élysées, well beyond the Arc de Triomphe before culminating at La Défense. The district is centred in an orbital motorway straddling the Hauts-de-Seine département municipalities of Courbevoie, Nanterre and Puteaux. La Défense is primarily a business district, and hosts only a population of 25,000 permanent residents and 45,000 students. La Défense is also visited by 8,000,000 tourists each year, and houses an open-air museum.

Classic view of La Défense at Blue hour
La Défense

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World of glass
World of glass

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Only one way (Paris)
Pont japonais [FR]
by Salvatore Petrantoni

A volte si ha solo una strada da scegliere per andare avanti.

Ponte Japponese (Paris)
Pont japonais [FR]
by Salvatore Petrantoni

Una ricerca compositiva impreziosita dal passaggio urbano.

Place de la Pyramide
Place de la Pyramide

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Curves (Paris)
La Défense
by Salvatore Petrantoni

Non è stato semplice cercare e trovare questo posto, anche le condizioni meteo mi sono state avverse (una sera pioveva e il vento forte mi spostava continuamente l'ombrello, ma alla fine ecco lo scatto che cercavo e che vi mostro volentieri.

Maleficent in Paris (Parigi)
World of glass
by Salvatore Petrantoni

Particolare di uno dei grattacieli più famosi del quartiere "La Defence" di Parigi, la sua forma mi ha colpito perchè mi ricorda un angelo o un diavolo a seconda dei punti di vista.

K like sky (Paris)
World of glass
by Salvatore Petrantoni

Linee e forme geometriche ricercate tra gli spigoli degli alti grattacieli del quartiere "La Defence" di Parigi.

Classic view of La Défense
La Défense

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Thanks to all Phoide contributors to Cours Valmy!
Most notably Pilarski Rudy, Salvatore Petrantoni and Eduard Wichner.