Chaillot () is a quarter of

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, located in the 16th arrondissement, on the

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. It is adjacent to

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to the southwest (administratively part of la Muette) and is bound by

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to the north. It is home to many of the city's wealthiest residents, and many embassies and museums.

Toponymy

The first mention of Chaillot is that of its church, Ecclesia de Caleio, which appears in a

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from 1097. In later Latin documents, the term varies between ''Callevio'', ''Calloio'', ''Challoio'', ''Calloium'', and ''Chalouel'', then in the 13th century as ''Chailloel''. In French , in the 14th century, it was most often written ''Chailluyau'', in the 15th century, ''Chailluyau'', ''Chaleau'', ''Chayoux'' or ''Chailliau''. The spelling ''Chaillot'' would not become the norm until the 19th century . The name ''Chaillot'' comes from the French ''caillou'' meaning ''pebble''.

History

Chaillot was originally a village on the outskirts of Paris. In the 16th century,

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built the Château de Chaillot (no longer existing). Chaillot was incorporated into the city of Paris in 1860 by the Law of 16 June 1859. At that time, it was planned that Auteuil and Passy would form a new arrondissement that would be numbered the 13th arrondissement, but "The rich and powerful moving in did not like the number. They pulled strings and became the 16th, the unlucky association and postmark being transferred to the blameless but less influential folks around Porte d'Italie."

Landmarks

Among the landmarks of Chaillot are the

Palais de Chaillot The Palais de Chaillot () is a building at the top of the in the Trocadéro area in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. Design The building was designed in classicising " moderne" style by architects Louis-Hippolyte Boileau, Jacques ...

and the

Jardins du Trocadéro The Jardins du Trocadéro (; Gardens of the Trocadéro) is a public space in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. It is bounded to the northwest by the wings of the Palais de Chaillot and to the southeast by the Seine and the Pont d'I� ...

at the Trocadéro, the Saint-Pierre de Chaillot church, the

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, the Palais Galliera, and the

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Education

Lübeck School is located in Chaillot.

Notable people

Marcel Proust Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust ( ; ; 10 July 1871 – 18 November 1922) was a French novelist, literary critic, and essayist who wrote the novel (in French – translated in English as ''Remembrance of Things Past'' and more r ...

died at his apartment 44 rue Hamelin, in Chaillot, in 1922.

In popular culture

The Madwoman of Chaillot ''The Madwoman of Chaillot'' (, ) is a play, a poetic satire, by French dramatist Jean Giraudoux, written in 1943 and first performed in 1945, after his death. The play is in two acts. The story concerns an eccentric woman who lives in Paris and ...

'' by

Jean Giraudoux Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux (; ; 29 October 1882 – 31 January 1944) was a French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright. He is considered among the most important French dramatists of the period between World War I and World War II. His wo ...

is set in a café on

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References

* Château de Chaillot {{Authority control Districts of Paris 16th arrondissement of Paris