Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email
Answers.com

Quai d'Orsay

 
Dictionary: Quai d'Or·say   (kā' dôr-sā', kē', kĕ dôr-sĕ') pronunciation
Home > Library > Travel > Dictionary - Places

A street paralleling the southern bank of the Seine River in Paris, France, notable for its governmental ministries. The name is used figuratively to refer to the French foreign office.

 

Search unanswered questions...

Enter a question here...
Search: All sources Community Q&A Reference topics

 
Columbia Encyclopedia: Quai d'Orsay
Top
Home > Library > Miscellaneous > Columbia Encyclopedia
Quai d'Orsay (kā dôrsā'), quay on the left bank of the Seine River in Paris, extending from the Eiffel Tower to the Palais Bourbon (housing the national assembly). Next to the Palais Bourbon stands the French ministry of foreign affairs, a vast palatial building, which is often referred to as simply the Quai d'Orsay.

WordNet: Quai d'Orsay
Top
Home > Library > Literature & Language > WordNet
Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: the street in Paris along the south bank of the Seine known for its governmental ministries

Meaning #2: the French department in charge of foreign affairs; referred to familiarly by its address in Paris
  Synonym: French foreign office

Wikipedia: Quai d'Orsay
Top
Home > Library > Miscellaneous > Wikipedia
For the Cuban cigar brand, see Quai d'Orsay (cigar brand).
Quai d'Orsay
Quai d'Orsay
View of the Quai d'Orsay

The Quai d'Orsay is a quai in the VIIe arrondissement of Paris, part of the left bank of the Seine, and the name of the street along it. The Quai becomes the Quai Anatole France east of the Palais Bourbon, and the Quai de Branly west of the Pont 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

Coordinates: 48°51′46″N 2°18′36″E / 48.86278°N 2.31°E / 48.86278; 2.31

This article about road transport in France is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)

 
 

 

Copyrights:

Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2007. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
Columbia Encyclopedia. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright © 2003, Columbia University Press. Licensed from Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. www.cc.columbia.edu/cu/cup/.  Read more
WordNet. WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.  Read more
Wikipedia. This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Quai d'Orsay".  Read more