At the south eastern end of the Champs Elysees lie the Grand Palais and the Petit Palais. The Grand Palais is a large glass exhibition hall with an impressive neoclassical stone facade and a riot of Art Nouveau ironwork built for the Paris exhibition of 1900. It was built at the same time as the Petit Palais, a museum in neoclassical style based on a design of Charles Girault. Both palaces are next to the Pont Alexandre III, a monumental and artistic arch bridge connecting the Champs-Élysées and the Invalides and Eiffel Tower districts.
01 Petit palais 02 Petit palais main entrance 03 Grand palais
04 Grand palais 05 Pont Alexandre III bridge 06 Bronze statue of Winston Churchill 07 Pont Alexandre III bridge
08 Gilded statue on column 09 Pont Alexandre III bridge 10 Pont Alexandre III bridge 11 Grand palais roof 12 Pont Alexandre III bridge at night
13 Pont Alexandre III bridge at night 14 Quadriga at night 15 Grand palais at night 16 Petit palais main entrance at night
17 Gilded statue on column 18 Gilded statue on column
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