- Quai d'Orsay
:"For the Cuban cigar brand, see
Quai d'Orsay (cigar brand) ."The Quai d'Orsay is a "
quai " in theVIIe arrondissement ofParis , part of theleft bank of theSeine , and the name of the street along it. The Quai becomes theQuai Anatole France east of thePalais Bourbon , and theQuai de Branly west of thePont de l'Alma .The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs is located on the Quai d'Orsay, and thus the ministry is often called the Quai d'Orsay by
metonymy .The Quai (rue de Bac) has historically played an important role in
French art as a location to which many artists came to paint along the banks of the river Seine.The building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was being developed between 1844 and 1855 by Lacornée. The statues of the facade were created by the sculptor
Henri Triqueti (1870).External links
* [http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/mae/visite_orsay/ind_orsay.gb.html Official web site of the Ministry building]
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