Paris - France


Paris, city (1999 pop. 2,115,757; metropolitan area est. pop. 11,000,000), N central France, capital of the country, on the Seine River. It is the commercial and industrial focus of France and a cultural and intellectual center of international renown.
The city possesses an indefinable unity of atmosphere that has fascinated writers, poets, and painters for centuries. Paris is sometimes called the City of Light in tribute to its intellectual preeminence as well as to its beautiful appearance. Elegant stores and hotels, lavish nightclubs, theaters, and gourmet restaurants help make tourism the biggest industry in Paris. Other leading industries manufacture luxury articles, high-fashion clothing, perfume, and jewelry. Heavy industry, notably automobile manufacture, is located in the suburbs.
History
Julius Caesar conquered Paris in 52 B.C. It was then a fishing village, called Lutetia Parisiorum (the Parisii were a Gallic tribe), on the Île de la Cité. Under the Romans the town spread to the left bank and acquired considerable importance under the later emperors. The vast catacombs under Montparnasse and the baths (now in the Cluny Mus.) remain from the Roman period. Legend says that St. Denis, first bishop of Paris, was martyred on Montmartre (hence the name) and that in the 5th cent. St. Geneviève, the patron saint of Paris, preserved the city from destruction by the Huns. On several occasions in its early history Paris was threatened by barbarian and Norman invasions, which at times drove the inhabitants back to the Île de la Cité.
Clovis I and several other Merovingian kings made Paris their capital; under Charlemagne it became a center of learning. In 987, Hugh Capet, count of Paris, became king of France. The Capetians firmly established Paris as the French capital. The city grew as the power of the French kings increased. In the 11th cent. the city spread to the right bank. During the next two centuries—the reign of Philip Augustus (1180–1223) is especially notable for the growth of Paris—streets were paved and the city walls enlarged; the first Louvre (a fortress) and several churches, including Notre-Dame, were constructed or begun; and the schools on the left bank were organized into the Univ. of Paris. One of them, the Sorbonne, became a fountainhead of theological learning with Albertus Magnus and St. Thomas Aquinas among its scholars. The university community constituted an autonomous borough; another was formed on the right bank by merchants ruled by their own provost. In 1358, under the leadership of the merchant provost Étienne Marcel, Paris first assumed the role of an independent commune and rebelled against the dauphin (later Charles V). During the period of the Hundred Years War the city suffered civil strife (see Armagnacs and Burgundians), occupation by the English (1419–36), famine, and the Black Death.
The Renaissance reached Paris in the 16th cent. during the reign of Francis I (1515–47). At this time the Louvre was transformed from a fortress to a Renaissance palace. In the Wars of Religion (1562–98), Parisian Catholics, who were in the great majority, took part in the massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day (1572), forced Henry III to leave the city on the Day of Barricades (1588), and accepted Henry IV only after his conversion (1593) to Catholicism. Cardinal Richelieu, Louis XIII's minister, established the French Academy and built the Palais Royal and the Luxembourg Palace. During the Fronde, Paris once again defied the royal authority. Louis XIV, distrustful of the Parisians, transferred (1682) his court to Versailles. Parisian industries profited from the lavishness of Versailles; the specialization in luxury goods dates from that time. J. H. Mansart under Louis XIV and François Mansart, J. G. Soufflot, and J. A. Gabriel under Louis XV created some of the most majestic prospects of modern Paris.
During the late 17th and the 18th cent. Paris acquired further glory as the scene of many of France's greatest cultural achievements: the plays of Molière, Racine, and Corneille; the music of Lully, Rameau, and Gluck; the paintings of Watteau, Fragonard, and Boucher; and the salons where many of the philosophes of the Enlightenment gathered. At the same time, growing industries had resulted in the creation of new classes—the bourgeoisie and proletariat—concentrated in such suburbs (faubourgs) as Saint-Antoine and Saint-Denis; in the opening events of the French Revolution, city mobs stormed the Bastille (July, 1789) and hauled the royal family from Versailles to Paris (Oct., 1789). Throughout the turbulent period of the Revolution the city played a central role.
Napoleon (emperor, 1804–15) began a large construction program (including the building of the Arc de Triomphe, the Vendôme Column, and the arcaded Rue de Rivoli) and enriched the city's museums with artworks removed from conquered cities. In the course of his downfall Paris was occupied twice by enemy armies (1814, 1815). In the first half of the 19th cent. Paris grew rapidly. In 1801 it had 547,000 people; in 1817, 714,000; in 1841, 935,000; and in 1861, 1,696,000. The revolutions of July, 1830, and Feb., 1848, both essentially Parisian events, had repercussions throughout Europe. Culturally, the city was at various times the home or host of most of the great European figures of the age. Balzac, Hugo, Chopin, Berlioz, Liszt, Wagner, Delacroix, Ingres, and Daumier were a few of the outstanding personalities. The grand outline of modern Paris was the work of Baron Georges Haussmann, who was appointed prefect by Napoleon III. The great avenues, boulevards, and parks are his work. During the Franco-Prussian War (1870–71), Paris was besieged for four months by the Germans and then surrendered. After the Germans withdrew, Parisian workers rebelled against the French government and established the Commune of Paris, which was bloodily suppressed.
With the establishment of the Third French Republic and relative stability, Paris became the great industrial and transportation center it is today. Two epochal events in modern cultural history that took place in Paris were the first exhibition of impressionist painting (1874) and the premiere of Stravinsky's Sacre du Printemps (1913). In World War I the Germans failed to reach Paris. After 1919 the outermost city fortifications were replaced by housing developments, including the Cité Universitaire, which houses thousands of students. During the 1920s, Paris was home to many disillusioned artists and writers from the United States and elsewhere. German troops occupied Paris during World War II from June 14, 1940, to Aug. 25, 1944. The city was not seriously damaged by the war.
Paris was the headquarters of NATO from 1950 to 1967; it is the headquarters of UNESCO. A program of cleaning the city's major buildings and monuments was completed in the 1960s. The city was the scene in May, 1968, of serious disorders, beginning with a student strike, that nearly toppled the Fifth Republic. In 1971, Les Halles, Paris's famous central market, called by Zola the “belly” of Paris, was dismantled. Construction began immediately on Chatelet Les-Halles, Paris's new metro hub, which was completed in 1977. The Forum des Halles, a partially underground, multistory commercial and shopping center, opened in 1979. Other developments include the Georges Pompidou National Center for Art and Culture, built in 1977, which includes the National Museum of Modern Art. The Louvre underwent extensive renovation, and EuroDisney, a multibillion dollar theme and amusement park, opened in the Parisian suburbs in 1992. A number of major projects in the city were initiated by President François Mitterrand (1981–95); they include the new Bibliothèque Nationale, the glass pyramid at the Louvre, Grande Arche de la Défense, Arab Institute, Bastille Opera, and Cité de la Musique.



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but.. there is a poll about paris skyscrapers...

meh, who cares about that.. lol
Paris takes my breath away, stuff skyscrapers.. I just LOVE Paris, its architecture, its style, the straight long roads and tree-lined boulevards, the shops and cafes.. its stunning.. its beyond words really.. the second time I stayed in Paris I ended up fallin asleep on the balcony, lol.. because I couldn't take my eyes of the place.. even at night, when the Eiffel was sparkling and the place was quiet..
If I could speak French, I'd happily live there (but I don't think you should live somewhere if you can't speak a lil of the language..cos, its rude)

10/10

We already have a ROS for Paris.

We already have a ROS for Paris.



You probably mean about ROS for "La Défense". It's not just one skyline. Paris(downtown) have one skyline and La Défense(business downtown) have different skyline.La Défense is not even in Paris.It's in the Hauts-de-Seine department. Just in case anybody was thinking of protesting against this land-grab, the new place was called 'La Défense' - as in 'don't mess with it.' Then it was given a Paris postal code. About three decades ago, some power types decided to place Paris' business downtown out of town so it wouldn't offend local sensitivities. This happened after the 56-story Tour Montparnasse was built before anyone realized what an eyesore it would be - for many Parisians and foreign tourists.


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PARIS an a dream....!!!

:) :cheers:

only 137th the most beautiful city in this world. I give a 9.5/10

The most beautiful city in the world

wow those pix are soooooo old ! they look like they were shot in the eighties !

One of the most beautiful place in the world .. 10/10

8/10

Paris is amazing but also very flat ;)
A few talls + Eiffel Tower = 6/10.

Only a few talls. The history element makes up for that somewhat though. I give it a 6/10.

Extraordinary, 10/10. :banana:

Great city, great architecture, great history...it's just an amazing place to live and visit (viva la france!)
9/10

Great city. 10/10

what is the poll for? city or skyline?

great 9/10

City or Skyline?? If skyline, do you mean La Defense (outside the Boulevard Peripherique) or the the area inside with Tour Eiffel and Tour Montparnasse?

City or Skyline?? If skyline, do you mean La Defense (outside the Boulevard Peripherique) or the the area inside with Tour Eiffel and Tour Montparnasse?
This thread is about City of Paris. Thread about La Defense is HERE (http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=23918) ;)

9,5

I love Opera Garnier

rarely I get 10.. this is a good reason ;)

Great! 10/10

10/10

Can't tell more: the greatest city of Europe and one of the our greatest skylines. :)

REALLY ITS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CITIES IN THE WORLD!!!! 10/10

7/10 without la defense it isn't really impressive.

A skyline isn't only made of skyscrapers.

city 10/10

skyline 3/10

The best city of Europe!!!

i like Paris 9.5/10

One of the most beautiful place in the world ..

10/10

10/10 for the city
3/10 for the people who lives there

10/10

38 forumers gave it the rating "3 or less" :D

Plus d'images. Bien, encore, Paris est une belle ville. Je ne puis pas obtenir au-dessus du fait sur l'horizon magnifique qu'il a, même les zones fraîches. Le défaut de la reproduction sonore, ceci est un 9/10.

Je voyage à Paris!!

La Defense is the best skyline in Europe and one of the better skylines in the world.

9/10.

La Defense is ugly, nothing special in architecture here, buildings are simple and skyline isn't so good too.

Better exist in Europe, example : Frankfurt or London !

38 forumers gave it the rating "3 or less" :D

Notice that those who criticize it are french provincials...:doh:

Paris is not the most beautiful city of Europe, sorry ... Others in Europe are much more than Paris .... travel and see and juge after ....

Paris is not the most beautiful city of Europe, sorry ... Others in Europe are much more than Paris .... travel and see and juge after ....

Don't be jealous:D Lyon is a nice city too !!!
PARIS is one of the greatest city in the world and the most beautiful for many reasons...
(and, don't forget it's the first tourist destination's city of the world !!!)

and maybe you find that it's not the most beautiful, it's your opinion, but let the stats speaks....

7.5. A real nice city but not a world class skyline like NY or HK.

9.5

7.5/10.

skyline- 7/10
architecture - 12/10
city - 15/10

I really like La Defence's cluster! This one is tough but I'll give Paris' skyline

8/10 :)

8/10 because of the eiffle tower.

At the ground level, Paris is amazing. Skylinewise, hmmm, Ill give it 7 because of the famous landmark- Eiffel tower.

10/10- j'aime paris. c'est une ville tres belle.
I don't care if the skyline isn't very interesting. when you go to paris for the first time, you feel as if you've stepped into heaven.

indeed paris is the most beautiful in the world :)

that grande arch photo is awesome :eek2:

Ciy 10/10

Skyline: 8.5/10

8/10

A great city-I rate 9.5/10

58 forumers gave it the rating "3 or less" and especially inhabitants of Lyon and the French province but they should not be jealous because the rest of France is also beautiful and i know that London and Frankfort have a better skyline but paris, it's so beautiful ! Don't forget that Paris is the first tourist destination in the world. it is not for nothing...Rem, I can fully accept that you consider Frankfurt has a better skyline. Indeed, there are taller towers located in "Mainhattan" and certainly more beautiful individual towers over there than in La Défense.

However, I fail to see how it's that obvious that London has a better skyline than Paris. It could be the case in the future knowing that there's a longer list of projects and proposals in London than in Paris, but I wouldn't say that it's already the case today. Skyscrapers in London are about Canary Wharf, which is some kind of smaller and more boxy version of La Défense, and the City, which has only two real skyscrapers. London has a lot less skyscrapers than Paris does, and the quality of currently built towers in London isn't really above the quality we can see in Paris.

My point of view is certainly biased, but when I see towers such as the Société Générale Twins, the Total, CBX, Areva and EDF Towers, the Grande Arche or even the Montparnasse tower, I'd even tend to say that, today, the quality of towers in Paris is actually superior to the quality of towers in London, generally speaking of course.

7/10.

Don't exaggerate with the most beautiful city of the world, look at this pictures and what you can see except old architecture ( old means here only 120 years ), the rest which is HUGE , are awful buildings, you can see them here, horrible ...

it's not like this that one imagine the most beautiful city of the world ... at those pictures you see many commies blocks = french architecture from 1960-1985, which is similar to commie blocks elsewhere and this near the historical center ( Champs Elysées ... ) ...

of course some place of this city are beautiful but others which are many too are simply horrible and this mean that it could be the most beautiful city of the world, because the most beautiful city is beautiful everywhere and this don't really exist in Europe or elsewhere, for a good example here is Paris where you can see beautiful and horrible at the same time ...

and each big city in Europe is like this ... few are beautiful everywhere ... : Venice, Prague, ETC... and add to Paris, this city has not much green spaces which is fatal for the charm ...

Paris architecture from 19 century is impressive, but the city itself isn't so well done to merit the reputation of the most ....

among the cities which are only made with 19-20 century architecture Paris is maybe the most popular ... but certainly Vienna which has it too, is cleanest and more dedicated ....

among cities from others periods ( renaissance to baroque ) like Prague, St Petersburg, Venice ... Paris could only dream to have the same ...

I love it! This city is awesome! Paris on my mind! 9/10

8/10 for my favorite city in Europe

5.5/10 Flat

The skyline isn't all that apart from the eiffel tower, 5.5/10

I see no 'skyline' here, just various pictures of areas and low rise buildings. As beautiful as these pictures are, surely they do not belong in a 'rate a skyline' forum, when they're just of individual buildings?

Beautiful city though.

BEAUTIFUL!

10/10

PARIS HANDS DOWN¡¡¡

9/10... wonderful and beautiful but so dead and gentifried, it seems like there's nothing new for this city...

7.5/10

comme ca

My favorite city! :cheers:
and my first 10 in city/skyline rating...i think :|

Nice view 8/10

The old buildings with the backdrop of La Defense looks amazing, 9/10

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7/10

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why is La defence in this thread? there is a seperate thread for that like London City and London Canary Wharf

It right but Paris has many high rises cluster

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XIII district

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XV district

Front De Seine
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at the North east of Paris
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It is not all Paris high rises clusters

9/10

10/10 :yes:

Lovely arcitechtural mix with old and new
11/10

9/10 :)

great city... top destination on my to go to list ;]

perfect location of skyline i love it paris

10/10 I like paris.

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Paris is the world's biggest of luxury cities.

10/10...I love skyline of Paris...very structured...the business center in the middle and arround it much less higher buildings...unique!

10/10...The urban landscape of Paris is stunning!

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Other view of Paris high rises (La Defense is not include)

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10/10 nice city,nice building

the skyline isnt that good its ok but paris dose not need a good skyline it is alrady a great city

J'adooooore 10/10 front de seine est en pleine restructuration bonne nouvelle sinon je dis merde a tous ceux qui metent moins de trois (certains antifrancais dont je ne citerai pas le nom)

Gros bisous...

Two great views of the Paris skyline.

On this one you can see the Montparnasse Tower on the left, the Eiffel Tower in the center (with the golden dome of the Invalides and the white dome of the Panthéon next to it), and La Défense on the right.
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On this one you can see the skyscrapers of La Défense behind the big forest, and in the background is Central Paris with the Eiffel Tower appearing on the horizon behind La Défense.
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This is Paris, i don't care about skyscrapers. 10/10 definetly!

Paris Bast for me! 10/10 .

Great pic of La Défense looming over central Paris. Picture taken by JP. You can find more of his pics here:
http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=417437

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Paris's left bank skyline (view from the west)

Eiffel Tower, Montparnasse tower and the highrises of the 13th arrondissement where is located the biggest chinatown of Paris
All the highrises on this picture are located in the city of Paris
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Paris je t'aime 10/10
All those that put 3 or less are nothing but jealous ass punks.

Oh my sweet Paris.. I do love you so much! 10/10 :D

10/10! If I didn't move to another school, I would have gone to Paris with my Spanish and the French classes. :( What a shame...

8,5/10

great city full of history

9/10

Without La Defense, Paris does ok. 7.5/10

I still love Paris though! I wish I can buy a place there.

J'adooooore 10/10 front de seine est en pleine restructuration bonne nouvelle sinon je dis merde a tous ceux qui metent moins de trois (certains antifrancais dont je ne citerai pas le nom)

Gros bisous...

Meme ceux qui votent 2 ou 3 sont au fond amateurs qui veulent etre en opposition pour des raisons politiques ou anti francais. Hair Paris est hair la beaute. Personne qui aime la beaute peut hair Paris. C'est bien impossible.

Paris is a world class city i'll have to give it a 10/10

8/10

Other pics of central Paris skyline took by Cyril

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beautiful isn't it ?

Vote for Paris skyline without la Defense please ?

Good point Minato. Paris without La Defense is a different skyline. However it is different not inferior. it still has tour Eiffel, arguably the most iconic structure on earth, The Invalides Dome shining in the sun, Sacre Coeur the butte ( Not my favourite ecclesiastical building by any means but mega popular ), Tour montparnasse etc and of course it has the forest of roofs, les toits de Paris whose imagery are loved worldwide.

Without La defense it is an 8 for its tall mega icons and a 10 - obviously - for its overall aesthetic impact.

Faut dire que c'est pas malin d'avoir posté des photos des immondes tours de la porte de Bagnolet :ohno:

Those towers are a bit appreciate by the residents
For many people Bagnolet twin tower are the biggest twin towers in Paris
These people forgot Egee and Adria twin towers and Societe General Twin tower. :)

Au contraire les skylines avec des batiments moches peuvent etre vraiment aprecie regarde Creteil. :)

For many people Bagnolet twin towers are the biggest twin towers in Paris

I will soon work in one of them. They are in Bagnolet community, Not in Central Paris though.

It is near the Peripherique I can't creat a new thread for this skyline (only 2 towers include in the skyline of the 20th arrondissement of Paris). :ohno:
Inner suburbs of Paris are Paris
La Defense is big it is different.
Creteil is at about at 10 km of the peripherique I can create a thread for this city.

skyline of the 20th arrondissemnt with Bagnolet twin towers
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10/10

Bellissima!! :)

i cant see skyline here...
7.5/10

i cant see skyline here...
7.5/10



Surely you mean you can't see too many skyscrapers? That is not the same as not seeing a skyline.

Invalides, Tour eiffel, Sacre Coeur, Notre dame etc, the forest of famous gray rooftops etc. You see one of the most attractive skylines on earth with the addition of the densest cluster of skyscrapers in europe in a near suburb though not admittedly clustered with towers within Paris proper.

How is it possible to say you don't see a skyline when it it possible to look over the seine, Les champs,, Les Invalides, the roofs, L'Arc de triomphe and on to Europe's densest 'scraper cluster in the distance? It is an umatched meeting of Monumental sumptuous traditional european cityscape and modern office development. I simply don't understand.

No it has just no eyes :ohno:

In this pic I can see a skyline (O.K the height of those building are only between 200 and 100 meters and high-rises are a bit ugly) but it is a skyline.

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/779/tourpanoramavillesparisyi7.jpg
http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/6242/2gparis19dsc03085atamprjb2.jpg
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/7937/ministrefinanceskr0.jpg

Paris has actualy 30 high rise above 100 meters and more than 60 above 90 meters it is not very big for skyscrapers for other people it is not skyscrapers but These buildings can make a skyline especally in european cities and I agree with tigerboy.

Some pics of 13th arrondissement high-rises by JP

http://irgendwo.free.fr/tramway/5.jpg
http://irgendwo.free.fr/tramway/11.jpg
http://irgendwo.free.fr/tramway/9.jpg
http://irgendwo.free.fr/tramway/7.jpg
http://irgendwo.free.fr/tramway/12.jpg
http://irgendwo.free.fr/tramway/13.jpg
http://irgendwo.free.fr/tramway/8.jpg
http://irgendwo.free.fr/tramway/10.jpg

100 meters High-rises are a bit ugly but pictures are beautiful. :)

Minato I count 34 completed 100 Metre towers in la Defense alone including 11 of 150 metres or more ( total, Areva, Gan, Les Soc. gen., EDF, Coeur, AXA, Adria, Egee et Ariane ). Clearly this does not include the buildongs in the 13eme and 15eme or Montparnasse.To put it in perspective Frankfurt CBD also has 11 and toronto often seen as third only to the giants of CHicago and NY in North America has only 15.

Admittedly LD lacks supertalls but this is PARIS. She doesn't need some trophy supertall and I am not being defensive since paris does not need defence. I'm simply stating the truth that LD's cluster with the addition of montparnasse and Eiffel as an icon would be a good skyline anywhere in North America apart from the obvious 2 behemoths and is top 3 in Europe.

Our friend Brando has every right to suggest he sees no skyline but it simply isn't so.

Actualy 34 buildings are over 100 meter in Paris and inner suburbs
La Defense and Creteil are exclude

Building Municipality Height Floors

1. Tour Montparnasse Paris 15th 210 m 59
2. Tour Pleyel Saint-Denis 143 m 37
3. Hôtel Concorde Lafayette Paris 17th 137 m 33
4. Tour Daewoo Aubervilliers 125 m 35
5. Tour Prélude Paris 19th 123 m 39
6. Tour Levant Bagnolet 122 m 34
7. Tour Ponnant Bagnolet 122 m 34
8. Hôtel Méridien Montparnasse Paris 14th 116 m 31
9. Tour Zamansky (Jussieu) Paris 5th 113 m 27
10. Tour Super-Italie Paris 13th 112 m 38
11. Tour Giralda Paris 20th 110 m 36
12. Tour Fugue Paris 19th 108 m 35
13. Antoine et Cléopâtre Paris 13th 104 m 37
14. Tour Anvers Paris 13th 104 m 36
15. Tour Athènes Paris 13th 104 m 36
16. Tour Cortina Paris 13th 104 m 36
17. Tour Helsinki Paris 13th 104 m 36
18. Tour Londres Paris 13th 104 m 36
19. Tour Mexico Paris 13th 104 m 36
20. Tour Sapporo Paris 13th 104 m 36
21. Tour Tokyo Paris 13th 104 m 36
22. Tour Ancône Paris 13th 102 m 35
23. Tour Bologne Paris 13th 102 m 35
24. Tour Ferrare Paris 13th 102 m 35
25. Tour Palerme Paris 13th 102 m 35
26. Tour Ravenne Paris 13th 102 m 35
27. Chéops Paris 13th 101 m 35
28. Mykérinos Paris 13th 101 m 35
29. Tour Cantate Paris 19th 101 m 30
30. Novotel Paris Tour Eiffel Paris 15th 100 m 31
31. Tour Cristal Paris 15th 100 m 27
32. Tour Totem Paris 15th 100 m 31
33. Tour Paris Seine Paris 19th 100 m 30
34. Tour Vendôme Boulogne-Billancourt 100 m 29

Beautiful city, not so beautiful skyline, 7 for skyline, 9 for city. Cheers!

8/10

Other pictures of Paris skylines (La Defense exclude)

19th district skyline
http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/7772/3776jj2.jpg

Northern suburbs and Belleville skyline
http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/503/3782wa2.jpg

20 district and Bagnolet skylines
http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/7109/3788cx5.jpg

A little skyline in the 13th district
http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/5135/3796ox0.jpg

13th district Olympiade skyline
http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/503/3802qx8.jpg

Tour Jussieux and 12th district midrises
http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/7829/3808pj0.jpg

Montparnasse
http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/2557/3814xf9.jpg

J'aime bien celle-ci / I like this one:

http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/5135/3796ox0.jpg

I much rather those old historic buildings than those fugly highrises.

9/10, ONE OF MY FAVOURITE CITIES

great, i love Paris 10/10

It's funny, more people think Paris is a 3 or less rather than a 10.

is very beautiful city :applause: :applause: :applause:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/161/425794523_d8f3ef86cd_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/158/425799537_4ca2bf1972_o.jpg

10/10

Please not la Defense :ohno:

Paris skyline (La Defense is not on these pics) :)
from Arceuil (Soutern inner suburbs)
http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/4786/38240658su9.jpg
http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/8561/69503204on3.jpg
http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/838/34692942fb1.jpg

Olympiade skyline from the Soutern suburbs (I don't know exactly where)
http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/3235/sderl4.jpg

^^ With such crappy photos...No wonder Paris gets loads of 1/10's :ohno:

It is not a big problem.
I show only the reality.

Paris has ugly high-rises and what ?
Creteil or Rennes with their ugly high-rises have good notation.

I agree the quality of these pics is low. :)

8 from me for now, with the new refurbished AXA, Phare and Generali Paris will easily get 9 points.

All the high rises in those pics are commie blocks, gross.

i really like all the history in that city so lets see

Histoty:9.0
iffel tower:9.5
buildings:3.5
= 8.0

Very urban, very special, very big. I like Paris, but its not my favorite European destination. For example, I like Barcelona as city more. And if I need to I can go on...

7.5/10

Nice buildings and bridges

8/10 :)

^^ With such crappy photos...No wonder Paris gets loads of 1/10's :ohno:I agree with this. These pictures are all about the 13th, 19th and 20th arrondissements, or even about the Eastern suburbs. Judging Paris skyline from this is a bit similar as judging NYC skyline with pictures about Harlem and the Queens.

Minato Ku is right when he says that it is the truth and it shouldn't be hidden, but it's not all the truth. Many French forumers hate the pictures of the banks of the Seine because it's touristic, but they still represent more the image I have of what I call the "Paris skyline" than do pictures of the 20th arrondissement or Bagnolet.

Anyway, I always considered it was silly to make two threads: one only for La Défense and the other for all the rest of the Paris region. This is silly. NYC has only one thread, not one for Midtown and another for Downtown.

I've already told it numerous times on this thread, and I maintain it... both threads should get merged. It is pointless to make such a separation considering that some of the most beautiful pictures of La Défense skyline are taken from Paris historical center... which is only at a couple kilometers.

^^ With such crappy photos...No wonder Paris gets loads of 1/10's :ohno:

This is Paris , face it the city has areas where lots of high rises are built but pictures about it are never shown here.
The posted pictures aren't crap , they are parisian views.
To give a 1 for this...

Thats I agree, but the bank of the seine are not really a skyline
But the Eiffel tower, the Invalide dome or Notre Dame formed Paris skyline

Paris' other skylines thread

Paris La Defense (http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=23918) Paris main skyscrapers district
Paris Creteil (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=406890) Interesting skyline of inner suburbs

With such a gorgeous city, why would you like to have a skyline???

because, if you don't have a good modern skyline, in a few decades, Paris will become the romantic city with 150 museums and no business anymore...Paris doesn't want to end up like Washington D.C...although it is still a very attractive city for business.

because, if you don't have a good modern skyline, in a few decades, Paris will become the romantic city with 150 museums and no business anymore...Paris doesn't want to end up like Washington D.C...although it is still a very attractive city for business.Considering there are 10 million people living in the Paris urban area, it's not tomorrow that there won't be business anymore in Paris. No matter what people think or what they may dream about, they still have to make a living...

Hence, this discussion seems to me totally unsignificant. You could raze La Défense, it wouldn't change a thing about Paris being a dynamic business center.

9/10

Sorry Metropolitain but unlike you, I like the skyline of Porte de Bagnolet and the 20th district but this time photo are beautiful, I hope they built skyscrapers in this area ;)

Why not these towers ? It is only a vision but here it would be perfect. :)
http://www.cyberarchi.com/images/articles/10408_15_z.jpg

20th arrondissement skyline
http://www.oranga.com/pics7/s200508209634bb.jpg

Porte de Bagnolet 20th arrondissement and Bagnolet
http://www.wowparis.com/images/s200510080966bb.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/104/289151470_2bf98a3809_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/99/289150752_a3e98692ca_o.jpg

13th arrondissement Olympiade skyline
http://static.flickr.com/99/289150961_872c08ddaf_b.jpg

Thanks at cityskyscrapers and Ciril for these beautiful pics.

And for the end Jussieux tower under in renovation near Notre Dame. pic by JP
http://irgendwo.free.fr/est2/22.jpg

Eiffel tower, Front de Seine and Montparnasse tower
In this picture the towers of the Front de Seine seem smaller than the reality
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http://static.flickr.com/83/239230927_a9625de14d_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/81/239229392_6799ca51f9_o.jpg

Northern of Paris with the Hotel Concorde Lafayette tower
Scroll>>>>>
http://static.flickr.com/95/239229634_a6b62b923c_o.jpg
Black and white pictures by Ciril


Montparnasse
http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/3317/img3198rr7.jpg
http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/3817/img3235qj3.jpg

13th arrondissement
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/9573/img3204xd4.jpg
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/7071/img3226ix4.jpg
http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/9011/img3238xz6.jpg

Pantheon
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/3919/img3237xv6.jpg
Pictures by Jonas

8/10, and I like this city:)

8/10

8/10

agree!

And the best

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http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/6263/parisskylinepanoramacw7.jpg

Big size Here : 6 Mo (http://farm1.static.flickr.com/154/400490869_55cb5c53f5_o.jpg)


Paris other skylines thread

Paris La Defense (http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=23918) Paris main skyscrapers district
Paris Creteil (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=406890) Interesting skyline of inner suburbs

Parisian towers La Defense exclude in Rate our talls :)

Hotel Concorde Lafayette, Paris (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=86149)
Hotel Meridien Montparnasse, Paris (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=388957)
Hotel Novotel, Paris (http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=422082)
Les Mercuriales, Paris (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=266745)
Orgues de Flandre, Paris (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=402398)
Residence Antoine et Cleopatre, Paris (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=9574177#post9574177)
Tour Bologne, Paris (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=444840)
Tour Boucry, Paris (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=445200)
Tour Chéops, Paris (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=421814)
Tour Cristal, Paris (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=398831)
Tour Eiffel, Paris (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=152898)
Tour Giralda, Paris (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=444844)
Tour Helsinki, Paris (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=444839)
Tour Montparnasse, Paris (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=2182)
Tour Mykerinos, Paris (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=421807)
Tour Olympe, Paris (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=381516)
Tour Perspective 1, Paris (http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=422087)
Tour Perspective 2, Paris (http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=422084)
Tour Super Italie, Paris (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=382190)
Tour Tokyo, Paris (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=444836)
Tour Totem, Paris (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=388465)

Where is the la defense thread please ?

I can't find it using the search function.

7 out of 10
but
(la defense is IN PARIS, therefore makes no sense having its own thread)

It was wrote :lol:

Paris other skylines thread

Paris La Defense (http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=23918) Paris main skyscrapers district
Paris Creteil (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=406890) Interesting skyline in inner suburbs

In fact la Defense is not located municipality of Paris but it is located in the city of Paris
The city is bigger than the municipalty of Paris.

Paris
http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/1006/coreofparisdccb4.jpg

limite de departement : departments border
Ceinture vert : green belt
Parc naturel regional : Regional natural reserve
Coeur d'agglomeration : core of urban area (the real size of the of Paris or Greater Paris)
agglomeration central : the rest of urban area (real suburbs)
autres agglomerations : other urban areas (include in Metro area)
espace rural : rural area
La Defense
Creteil

Urban area : 10.1 million inhabitants
City or core of urban area : 6.7 million inhabitants (It is officially not existing :ohno: )
Municipalty of Paris : 2.1 million inhabitants

but like London, Paris has several threads for its several skylines
Paris la Defense
Paris outside la Defense
Paris Creteil, Municipality located at the limit of the core of urban area.

Picture taken by Hello-Jed from the medieval heart of Paris. T1 Tower (to the right of La Défense cluster) and Granite
Tower (to the left of the cluster) are both clearly visible in the skyline now.

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/8060/4916062389e81b621b9owg5.jpg

10/10, not so tall but sooo beuatiful and dense :okay:

10/10

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http://farm1.static.flickr.com/209/496657199_dbe20dd5e0_o.jpg
http://img359.imageshack.us/img359/7610/4966733255fccb5fc4copy6.jpg

This has to be the best view of the Paris skyline that I have seen in a long long time. It was found
by French forumer JP on Earthworm.

From left to right you can see the Pleyel Tower among the immigrant ghettos of the northern Paris
suburbs, then Montmartre Hill with the Sacré Coeur basilica on top, then the Montparnasse Tower
and the Eiffel Tower in central Paris, then La Défense skyscraper business district.

SCROLL>>>>>>
http://earthworm.online.fr/photos/parisis/panoramique_paris.jpg

3/10, I don't find the buildings/skyline attracting at all, I rather seen Hong Kong-Kaula Lumpar, Honolulu or Singapore types of cities.

3/10, I don't find the buildings/skyline attracting at all, I rather seen Hong Kong-Kaula Lumpar, Honolulu or Singapore types of cities.

Remarkable. Truly remarkable. You are of course entitled to your view but to give paris 3 out of 10 for anything is...well I'm speechless. It's skyline has the densest cluster of scrapers in Europe, the gothic splendour of notre Dame, the baroque beauty of les Invalides, the whimsy of sacre coeur, the duality of the old Arc de triomphe and the new Grande Arche, the unique Tour eiffel which is the most iconic tall structure on earth, the forest of roofs which are so beguiling.

As I say by all means have your own view but 3 for Paris, the queen of cities, in any poll about anything is lese-majeste

And the best

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Big size Here : 6 Mo (http://farm1.static.flickr.com/154/400490869_55cb5c53f5_o.jpg)

great shot

2/10......... no buildings... not a skyline

great city. 9/10

i love Paris! it will always get a 10 from me !
but for skyline...it's 7.5/10 mainly for the La Defense

7.5. A real nice city but not a world class skyline like NY or HK.

Paris would never be Paris anymore was it full of supertalls like NY or hongkong.

8.5! :okay:

10 - the skyline aint great, but its classic.

9.5/10

8/10

IMO Warsaw has got better skyline.

6/10

i don't really c a skyline there ... just a few buildings taller then the rest... they would make a skyline if they were a different height or something... but what i c here is not a skyline... just some kind of wall...

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:goodbye:

large resolution : http://travel.webshots.com/album/559498912VOLNao

Marvellous set De Snor. Really revelatory of the sheer density of central Paris. Thank you.

damn, Paris is clean and crisp.. its like the distinguished gentleman of europe,
its not going crazy for a skyline (yet).
the tour generali will look very good in this setting..
8.5/10

2/10......... no buildings... not a skyline

Jealousy makes people talk gibberish :)

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1384/600455529_b6455631e4_o.jpg

OMG, just can't help from loving this city. Thanks for the photos. :cheers: :cheers:

Sorry but.... This is the skyline of Paris La Defense exclude

Beautiful picture by Cyril
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1077/675139465_ec9cb86458_o.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1108/676000460_f1f9567d05_o.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1315/675995706_8066f36324_o.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1094/675999696_ed9ca0c46c_o.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1390/675132787_c3ba15e4cf_o.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1235/675993940_16a5a1e0ec_o.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1403/675134669_169897e549_o.jpg

After a long night you will forget these pictures :D

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1077/753672946_524c61ff71_b.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1216/753675666_5fd9a05cd2_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1421/752809363_74a1c89709_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1332/753653838_158e106b1f_o.jpg

TBH I'm just bumping Paris from page 5. Having the city of Light off the first page is lese-majesty.

Her Majesty the Queen of cities should never ever be loitering on page 5 of anything.

TBH I'm just bumping Paris from page 5. Having the city of Light off the first page is lese-majesty.

Her Majesty the Queen of cities should never ever be loitering on page 5 of anything.Frankly, the Paris skyline (as in skyscrapers) is actually La Défense.
The highrise buildings in central Paris are predominantly 70's residential blocks which aren't especially wonderful to look at.
Though I agree this is only my opinion.

The nicest central Paris skyline would be the one from around the Ile de la Cité, which is pictured on this famous pano:

Please scroll ==> :)
http://framboise78.free.fr/framboises/parisbynight.jpg

All in all 9.5/10

@ Metropolitan, this time it is not commie blocks. :D

Picture by Cyril (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=524594)

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1231/1393034348_f90bb454ca_o.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1264/1393025484_659334af86_o.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1357/1392132607_d37b3e181b_o.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1124/1393023250_bf4baac7a2_o.jpg

High rises and cranes form an interresting skyline. :)
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Paris other skylines threads

Paris La Defense (http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=23918) Paris main skyscrapers district
Paris Creteil (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=406890) Interesting skyline in inner suburbs

Any city taken from its suburb will look less organised than from its inside.

Still tidy for me, but it's Paris charm. :)

The big skyline of Paris is situated in "la Defense" or in others towns of Paris metropolitan area.... :)

6/10

The big skyline is in La Defense, La Defense is located in three municipality of the inner suburbs of Paris : Puteaux Courbevoie and Nanterre.
Actually inner suburbs are not suburbs just the dense extention of inner Paris.
So the real size of the city of Paris : inner Paris + inner suburbs

The real suburban areas are in the oulter suburbs.

Oups there's a vote

8/10

Paris skyline is interesting, less dramatic than other cities because of the high average height of the inner blocks and the relative squareness of its tall buildings. The very centre of the city is hopefully punctuated by lovely spires and domes and by the Eiffel tower that we all like!

Take away the Eiffel tower and the skyline is far less interesting. This magnificent structure gives Paris skyline its final mega twist !

Skyline?

5.5/10

La Defence however I vote a 7.5

^^ :rofl:

^^ :rofl:

?

What is the need for this thread? We already have one for La Defence..and that is Paris' real skyline

In the rate my skyline thread this one is useless and deserves less than what I gave it...I was being generous...

Paris without la Defense is terrible, skyline-wise

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1249/1388350258_7bea461782_o.jpg

^^ Nice! Never seen that one before!

It is the Front de Seine just near the Eiffel tower.

buildings 8.0
cityscape 10
citylife /streetlevel 8.5
the rest inc the Eiffel 7.5

8.5

Another picture by Cyril
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1129/1399662815_a9408ac370_o.jpg

6.5/10

Another picture by Cyril
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1129/1399662815_a9408ac370_o.jpg

So thirdworldish. :ohno: Anyway, if people start criticizing my town, I'll show Paris example. :D

Paris is not one of my favourite cities but it has one of the most iconic and beautiful skylines. The Eifel Tower is elegant and stylish even nowadays, and La defense is just the best skyscraper cluster in Europe. 8.5! ;)

8/10

Can't remember if I voted 7 or 7.5/10....either way I love Paris...beautiful city but skyline not in the big league.

Picture by JP

No pictures show La Defense

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What is the need for this thread? We already have one for La Defence..and that is Paris' real skyline

In the rate my skyline thread this one is useless and deserves less than what I gave it...I was being generous...

Paris without la Defense is terrible, skyline-wise

One of the great gothic cathedrals....the Eiffel Tower...the Gold dome of Les Invalides...Sacre Coeur on the hill...the forest of roofs. The monuments standing out against the roofs....One of the great Euopean cityscapes.

Your comment reminds me of a chap who declared that Oxford's Dreaming Spires were not a real skyline when in fact they represent on of the most evocative and iconic on earth. Paris is superb.

9,5/10

Paris is not photogenic ( count out Eiffel Tower, & La Defense :) ) IMHO...but when you see it live...whoaaa...Paris is a veryvery very nice city !! ;)

8 / 10

http://www.skyscraperpage.com/~trilliumphotography/paris/ParisPano.jpg

skyline is not defined.

3.5/10

Great pano showing central Paris.

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Nice pictures by Cyril

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8/10 nice pics

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Picture by J-Ph
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=18803116&postcount=97

good city, not so great skyline. 7.5

8/10. Density!!!!

A picture of montparnasse by JP.

http://irgendwo.free.fr/parisfevrier/5.jpg

^^ In this picture Tour Montparnasse looks pretty but this tower is simply ugly

For Paris - 6/10
For La Defense - 9,5/10

Looking at the panoramic shots, it is interesting to note that all the tall buildings seem to be on the fringe of the city, where as in North America they are all in the centre. On a similar tune, it is also interesting to know that even the Parisian ghettos are in usually in the fringes, where as North American ghettos are more often than not within the inner city.

Anyways, great shots of Paris, not much of a skyline though. Combined with La Defence, Paris overall gets a 7.5/10. It would be foolish to separate the two as Paris itself has no skyline to speak of.

Looking at the panoramic shots, it is interesting to note that all the tall buildings seem to be on the fringe of the city, where as in North America they are all in the centre. On a similar tune, it is also interesting to know that even the Parisian ghettos are in usually in the fringes, where as North American ghettos are more often than not within the inner city.

Anyways, great shots of Paris, not much of a skyline though. Combined with La Defence, Paris overall gets a 7.5/10. It would be foolish to separate the two as Paris itself has no skyline to speak of.

Paris intramuros has no "skyscraper skyline" to speak of but it does have one of the most instantly recognisable and beautiful skylines on earth. Sacre Coeur, Notre dame. Les Invalides, the grey roofs, tour Eiffel, Arc de Triomphe etc are instantly known skyline landmarks.

Paris has a nice modern skyline and a brilliant "old" skyline. So 9/10. :D

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Minato's recent pix really emphasise the sheer urban density at the heart of the City of Light. Nowhere in Europe is quite so intensely urban.

^^ Some greek and spanish cities seem much more urban than paris.

The thing is that Paris is huge, so the dense and urban central core is very big, but there's also a huge part of the urban area that is more sprawled and nothing like what is shown here.

:weird:No skyline in Paris ?

This is one of the best known city in the world and combinated with it's density and landscapes, maybe the most beautiful of all !!
And skyline is not skyscraper skyline...

I think the skyline is not amazing itself, but the city and its unvaluable history and architecture, arts and wolrld heritage influence the rate.

For me 6/10

Just Paris... Urbanity with no end in sight.

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IF it wasnt for La Defense (which I'm not rating here), and the Eiffel Tower, Paris would not have a skyline. 2/10

My favorit european city :cheers:
10/10 from me :yes:

lol there is 110 mean people on this thread !!!!

Very dense city! 8/10

10/10

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7/10

8 / 10

i love Paris

View over Paris, from the Maine-Montparnasse tower:

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10/10

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taken by me two weeks ago:

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Proof that Paris has a skyline outside of la défense.

9/10

This is an overrated city.

Not that beautiful.

Awesome Paris :cheers:

This is an overrated city.

Not that beautiful.

and what is your example of a very beautiful city ?

City: 10/10
Skyline: 4/10

Thats a greeat city!!
10/10

What can I say. Possibly the most stunningly beautiful major metropolis in the world. For skyline, just a 7/10 though.

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7.5/10

Paris viewed from the northwestern suburbs:

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I love Paris... One of the most beautiful place in the world .. 10/10

10/10

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