Paris: Eiffel Tower and La Défense from Above

Rooftop view of Paris and Eiffel Tower
Rooftop view of Paris and Eiffel Tower.

The Eiffel Tower and Champ de Mars are seen in Paris’s 7th arrondissement, with the high-rise district of La Défense visible on the western horizon. Designed by Gustave Eiffel’s company for the 1889 Exposition Universelle, the tower became the city’s best-known landmark and a key element of Paris’s skyline. The surrounding street grid and mid-rise apartment blocks reflect the large-scale 19th-century rebuilding of Paris under Baron Haussmann, while La Défense developed in the postwar period as the metropolitan region’s principal business district.

Photo taken in October 2017.

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