Avenue Kléber is an avenue in the
16th arrondissement of
Paris
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, one of the twelve avenues that converge on
Place Charles de Gaulle
Place Charles de Gaulle (), historically known as the Place de l'Étoile (), is a large road junction in Paris, France, the meeting point of twelve straight avenues (hence its historic name, which translates as "Square of the Star") including ...
. It was named after
Jean Baptiste Kléber
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, a
French general during the
French Revolutionary Wars
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. Before 1879, it was called ''l'avenue du Roi-de-Rome'', in memory of
Napoleon II
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.
It is "lined with grand examples of the ceremonial, yet never austere, buildings favored by
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Of note are the Icelandic and Peruvian embassies (Number 8 and Number 50, respectively), the
Hôtel Raphael
Hôtel Raphael is a French luxury hotel situated on Avenue Kléber in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. It is a five-star hotel and belongs to Les Hôtels Baverez. During the German occupation of Paris the hotel was the principal billet for senio ...
at Number 17, and
The Peninsula Paris
The Peninsula Paris is an historic luxury hotel, originally known as the Hotel Majestic, located on Avenue Kléber in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. It opened in 1908 as the Hotel Majestic and was converted to government offices in 193 ...
hotel at Number 19.
French composer
Henri Büsser
Paul Henri Büsser (16 January 1872 – 30 December 1973) was a French classical composer, organist, and conductor.
Biography
Büsser was born in Toulouse of partly German ancestry. He entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1889, where he studied ...
(1872-1973) lived at Number 71. Avenue Kléber was one of the filming locations featured in ''
The Bourne Identity''.
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