View from the Top (Tour Montparnasse)

Tour Maine-Montparnasse (Maine-Montparnasse Tower), also commonly named Tour Montparnasse is a 210-meter (689-foot) tall office tower located in the Montparnasse area of Paris. Constructed from 1969 to 1972, it is the tallest skyscraper in France.

Paris: View from Tour Maine-Montparnasse showing the Pont Alexandre III (bridge) with the Grand Palais ("Grand Palace"), a large glass exhibition hall that was built for the Paris Exhibition of 1900, on the left, and the the Petit Palais (Small Palace) a museum which now houses the City of Paris Museum of Fine Arts, on the right.

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Paris: View from Tour Maine-Montparnasse showing the Pont Alexandre III (bridge) with the Grand Palais ("Grand Palace"), a large glass exhibition hall that was built for the Paris Exhibition of 1900, on the left, and the the Petit Palais (Small Palace) a museum which now houses the City of Paris Museum of Fine Arts, on the right.

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