Palais de la Légion d'Honneur

The Palais de la Légion d'Honneur (French pronunciation: [palɛ də la leʒjɔ̃ dɔnœʁ]; Palace of the Legion of Honour), also known as the Hôtel de Salm ([otɛl də salm]), is a historic building on the Left Bank of the River Seine in Paris, France. Originally built in the 1770s, and rebuilt after an 1871 fire, it houses the Musée de la Légion d'honneur (Museum of the Legion of Honour) and is the seat of the Legion of Honour, the highest French order of merit.

It is located at 64 Rue de Lille, next to the former Orsay railway station (now the Musée d'Orsay) in the 7th arrondissement.

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Palais de la Légion d'Honneur ranks #1,374 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #107 of the 469 mapped in France. Founded 1787, it is older than 14% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 525 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 3,185 times in the last 60 days, more than 76% of the atlas. 37 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Paris, 2 km away. See how France compares in the castle statistics.

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