Tourism
Unique & impressive
Unique all-glass panoramic lifts allow you to access the top of the monument : discover one of the greatest realizations of the contemporary architecture.
Exceptional
At 110m high (about 360ft), admire an exceptional view of the Axe historique of Paris (all the way from Le Louvre to La Grande Arche, through Les Tuileries, La Place de la Concorde and les Champs Elysées), without forgetting the axis Tour Eiffel Tour Montparnasse, from the exterior belvedere.
Full of surprises
We invite you to discover the Museum of computing, the 3D gallery of Dimitri, the models gallery, gallery of Paris (unique art gallery dedicated to Paris presents on the Grande Arche) and the movie retracing the construction of La Grande Arche.
La Grande Arche, a story about architecture
La Grande Arche was designed in 1983 by the Danish architect Johan Otto Von Spreckelsen whose project was selected during an international contest launched at the initiative of the French president François Mitterand.
On July 14th 1989, the monument was inaugurated during the 15th G7 summit at the occasion of the bicentenary of the French revolution.
On August 27th, the Toit de la Grande Arche opens its doors to the public. La Grande Arche is almost a perfect white cube which is 110m high (about 361ft), 108m wide (about 354ft) and 112m deep (about 367ft). Its central empty space could easily contain the cathédrale de Notre-Dame de Paris. Three hectares of white marble were necessary to cover the two sides of this 300,000 tons monument resting on twelve pillars. The two sides house 87,000m² of offices, on which a 30,000 tons roof is resting.