École Militaire
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Military facility at the south area of Champ de Mars, Paris
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It sits within the topics 1750 establishments in France, Ange-Jacques Gabriel buildings and Buildings and structures in the 7th arrondissement of Paris.
Its subject is documented across 30 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Type
- Educational building complex, military academy
- Location
- 1 Place de Joffre, 75007, Paris , Île-de-France , France
- Current tenants
- Military academy
- Completed
- 1751 ; 275 years ago ( 1751 )
- Architect
- Ange-Jacques Gabriel
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- France
- Located in
- École-Militaire
- Image
- École militaire from the Eiffel Tower, August 2008.jpg
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- inception
- 1751-00-00
- architect
- Ange-Jacques Gabriel
- architectural style
- baroque architecture
- native label
- École Militaire
- date of official opening
- 1780-00-00
- Commons category
- École militaire
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Encyclopedic overview
The École Militaire ( French: [ekɔl militɛːʁ] ; lit. 'military school') is a complex of buildings in Paris, France, which house various military training facilities. It was founded in 1751 by King Louis XV and is located in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, southeast of the Champ de Mars.
The building, constructed by Ange-Jacques Gabriel, has continuously housed various military schools and institutions and is now home to two staff colleges for senior French Armed Forces officers and a military research institute. It has been classified as a national monument since 1990. This site can be visited during the European Heritage Days.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “École Militaire” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.