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Gros-Caillou, Paris — Area Guide & Where to Stay
The Eiffel Tower rises from Gros-Caillou, a quarter of Paris whose parish church, Saint-Pierre-du-Gros-Caillou, carries the same name.
About Gros-Caillou
Where to stay in Gros-Caillou
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A room here is chosen against the Eiffel Tower and the museum row that includes the Musée du quai Branly, the palais de Tokyo and the Guimet Museum. Sight lines decide much. Streets close to the Église Saint-Pierre-du-Gros-Caillou keep an ordinary parish quarter behind that frontage.
The Aquarium de Paris and the Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine draw a different kind of day out entirely.
About Gros-Caillou
What are the main landmarks in Gros-Caillou?
One tower dominates. The Eiffel Tower stands within Gros-Caillou, and the Musée du quai Branly, the palais de Tokyo, the Musée d'art moderne de Paris and the Guimet Museum follow it. The Musée de l'Homme, the Musée national de la Marine and the Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine share the same quarter.
Churches and monuments fill the gaps. The Église Saint-Pierre-du-Gros-Caillou, the American Church in Paris and the Monument to the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen all belong here.
What is the history of Gros-Caillou?
Memory is built into the quarter. The Monument to the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen stands within Gros-Caillou, and so does the Monument aux combattants polonais pour la défense et la libération de la France. The Musée Clemenceau bears a statesman's name.
Further institutional names attach to the same ground, among them the Musée d'ethnographie du Trocadéro, the Musée des monuments français and the musée national des Travaux publics.
Where is Gros-Caillou?
Gros-Caillou forms a quarter of Paris, its ground running from the foot of the Eiffel Tower to the Trocadéro museums and the palais de Tokyo.
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Updated September 2026