Built by architect Auguste Perret in 1937, the Palais d'Iéna was once the National Museum of Public Works (from 1939 to 1955), before becoming the headquarters of the International Chamber of Commerce's Economic, Social and Environmental Council (CESE). Located on Place Iéna, the eponymous Palais can be visited during the Journées du Patrimoine, held every year on the third weekend in September.
Along with the Palais de Chaillot and the Palais de Tokyo, the Palais d'Iéna is one of the three permanent buildings that have remained standing since the1937 Universal Exhibition, for which it was built. In total, the Palais has a hemicycle seating three hundred, but the building's most famous features are certainly its horseshoe-shaped suspended staircase and the Perret style, given theuse of reinforced concrete by the architect of the same name.
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Tours are organized for groups of at least 10 people: if you'd like to come on your own, you can also join a group. Tours run from Monday to Friday (9am to 5pm, subject to guide availability) and are entirely free of charge. For those who wish, it's also possible to have lunch on site, in the Trocadéro restaurant or in the EESC self-service restaurant (Mondays and Fridays only). Come on, let's visit the Palais d'Iéna!
Location
Palais d'Iéna
9 Place d'Iéna
75116 Paris 16
Access
Subway: Iéna, Boissière
Official website
www.lecese.fr
Auguste Perret: which buildings in Paris were designed by the famous architect?
