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27-695: Trocadero may refer to: Trocadéro, Paris , an area of Paris, France Jardins du Trocadéro Palais du Trocadéro , built for the 1878 World's Fair in Paris, France Trocadero, Birmingham , a pub in England Trocadero (Los Angeles) , a 1930s ballroom and a modern nightclub in California, U.S. Trocadero, Newtown , a heritage-listed former dance hall in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Trocadero, San Francisco ,

54-450: A force to besiege San Sebastián while he launched an attack on Madrid , held by the rebel government, which on 23 May withdrew to Seville . Madrid's military commander secretly surrendered and fled to France, and the leaderless Madrid garrison could not keep out the French, who seized the city and installed a regent , pending Ferdinand's expected return. The French moved south to deal with

81-538: A former nightclub in San Francisco Arts and entertainment [ edit ] Trocadero , part of the film series Paris Exposition, 1900 Trocadero (1944 film) , an American film Trocadero (band) , an American alternative rock band "Trocadero", an album and song by the British rock and roll band Showaddywaddy, see Showaddywaddy discography Other uses [ edit ] Trocadero (drink) ,

108-472: A large aquarium was built to contain fish of French rivers. It was renovated in 1937 but closed again for renovation from 1985 until 22 May 2006. The space between the palais and the Seine is set with gardens, designed by Jean-Charles Adolphe Alphand , and an array of fountains. Within its garden, the old palace contained two large animal statues, of a rhinoceros and an elephant, which were removed and stored during

135-716: A number of museums: It was on the front terrace of the palace that Adolf Hitler was pictured during his short tour of the city in 1940, with the Eiffel Tower in the background. This became an iconic image of the Second World War . It is in the Palais de Chaillot that the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on 10 December 1948. This event is now commemorated by

162-629: A roadhouse in California, U.S. London Trocadero , an 1896 restaurant, now a shopping complex Sydney Trocadero , a dance and concert hall opened in 1936 in New South Wales, Australia Trocadero Ballroom (1917–1975), at Elitch Gardens , Denver, Colorado, U.S. Trocadero Hotel (Bangkok) , a former hotel on Surawong Road in Bangkok Trocadero Theatre , a historic theater in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Trocadero Transfer ,

189-556: A soft drink popular in Sweden Trocadéro station , on the Paris Métro, France Battle of Trocadero , an 1823 battle in southern Spain between the French army and Spanish revolutionaries French ship Trocadéro (1824) , a ship of the line Isla del Trocadero , the site of the 1823 battle See also [ edit ] Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo , an American all-male drag ballet company Topics referred to by

216-402: A stone, and the esplanade is known as the esplanade des droits de l'homme (English: "Esplanade of Human Rights"). The Palais de Chaillot was also the initial headquarters of NATO , while the "Palais de l'OTAN" (now Université Paris Dauphine ) was being built. The Jardins du Trocadéro occupy the open space bounded to the northwest by the wings of the Palais de Chaillot and to the southeast by

243-556: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Trocad%C3%A9ro, Paris The place was named in honour of the Battle of Trocadero , in which the fortified Isla del Trocadero , in southern Spain , was captured by French forces led by the Duc d'Angoulême , son of the future King of France, Charles X , on 31 August 1823. France had intervened on behalf of King Ferdinand VII of Spain , whose rule

270-550: The Congress of Verona and authorized France to intervene in the conflict and restore the rule of Ferdinand, with only Britain abstaining from that decision. On 17 April 1823, French forces led by Louis-Antoine, Duke of Angoulême , son of the future Charles X , crossed the Pyrenees into Spain. The French forces were welcomed by the Basques and conservative Spaniards. The duke dispatched

297-803: The Monroe Doctrine on 2 December 1823, to safeguard the Americas against intervention by European powers. The fall of Trocadero was commemorated in Paris, with the Trocadéro , where the city was expanding to the edges of the Bois de Boulogne . Louis-Antoine, Duke of Angoulême , the victor of the battle, was offered the title "Prince of Trocadero" by the Spanish king, but he refused to accept it, partly in disgust at Ferdinand going back on his promises of clemency. In Les Misérables , Victor Hugo devoted several paragraphs to

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324-637: The Pont de l'Alma and the Seine. There is a large municipal library (the Germaine Tillion Library, named after the resistance member and ethnologist) near (to the west of) the Trocadéro's square. The high retaining walls of the Trocadero cemetery ( Cimetière de Passy ) were constructed by the French industrialist François Coignet. The Institut Culturel Franco-Japonais – École Japonaise de Paris opened at

351-531: The Auditorium Maurice Ravel in Lyon , where it is still in use today. The organ was inaugurated during the 1878 World Fair with a concert in which Charles Marie Widor played the premiere of his Symphony for Organ No. 6 . The building proved unpopular, but the cost expended in its construction delayed its replacement for nearly fifty years. Below the building in the space left by former underground quarries,

378-539: The Eiffel Tower and beyond. The buildings are decorated with quotations by Paul Valéry , and sculptural groups at the attic level by Raymond Delamarre , Carlo Sarrabezolles and Alfred Bottiau . The eight gilded figures on the terrace of the Rights of Man are attributed to the sculptors Alexandre Descatoire , Marcel Gimond , Jean Paris dit Pryas, Paul Cornet, Lucien Brasseur , Robert Couturier , Paul Niclausse , and Félix-Alexandre Desruelles . The buildings now house

405-536: The French territory. 48°51′46″N 2°17′14″E  /  48.86278°N 2.28722°E  / 48.86278; 2.28722 Battle of Trocadero The Battle of Trocadero , fought on 31 August 1823, was the only significant battle in France's expedition in support of the Spanish King Ferdinand VII . The French defeated the Spanish liberal forces and restored Ferdinand to absolute rule. After

432-468: The Seine and the Pont d'Iéna . The present garden has an area of 93,930 square metres (23.21 acres) and was created for the Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (1937) , on the design of architect Roger-Henri Expert . The entire site was formerly the garden of the old Palais du Trocadéro, laid out by Jean-Charles Adolphe Alphand . Five avenues originate in

459-559: The Trocadéro in 1973. It moved to its current location at Montigny-le-Bretonneux in 1990. Trocadéro is a popular tourist destination to take pictures of the Eiffel Tower . The Place du Trocadéro et du 11 Novembre is also where the Paris Saint-Germain F.C. celebrates its French championships victories and where sometimes reporters from the US come to show the evidence of their presence in

486-1001: The Trocadéro: the Avenue Henri-Martin, which links the Trocadéro with the Porte de la Muette and passes in front of the Lycée Janson de Sailly (Janson de Sailly secondary school); the Avenue Paul Doumer , which also approaches the Muette; the Avenue d'Eylau , which goes to the Mexico Plaza; the Avenue Kléber, which goes to the Place Charles de Gaulle ; and the Avenue du Président Wilson , which goes to

513-460: The demolition of the old Trocadero palace, and have been located next to the entrance of the Musée d'Orsay since 1986. For the Exposition Internationale of 1937 , the old Palais du Trocadéro was partly demolished and partly rebuilt and the Palais de Chaillot now tops the hill. It was designed in classicizing " moderne " style by architects Louis-Hippolyte Boileau , Jacques Carlu and Léon Azéma . Like

540-498: The downfall of Napoleon , King Ferdinand VII of Spain refused to adopt the liberal Spanish Constitution of 1812 and in 1820 faced a rebellion in favour of a constitutional monarchy , led by Rafael del Riego y Nuñez . The King was captured and detained at Cádiz , the seat of the Spanish parliament, the Cortes . Alarmed by these events, the other European powers convened in October 1822 at

567-469: The fair). The palace's form was that of a large concert hall with two wings and two towers; its style was a mixture of exotic and historical references, generally called " Moorish " but with some Byzantine elements. The architect was Gabriel Davioud . The concert hall contained a large organ built by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll ; the first large organ to be installed in a concert hall in France (it has since been modified twice, and eventually moved in 1977 to

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594-400: The old palais, the Palais de Chaillot features two wings shaped to form a wide arc; reclad and expanded, these wings and the pair of central pavilions are the only remaining portion of the former building. However, unlike the old palais, the wings are independent buildings and there is no central element to connect them: instead, a wide esplanade leaves an open view from the place du Trocadéro to

621-451: The rebels at Cádiz, and besieged the fort of Trocadero , which controlled access to the city. On 31 August 1823 they launched a surprise bayonet attack from the sea side, taking advantage of the low tide, and took the fort. After this action, French infantry captured the Trocadero village by a flank attack. After this last action, 1700 Spanish soldiers were captured by the French. Cádiz itself held out for three weeks despite bombardments, but

648-415: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Trocadero . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trocadero&oldid=1236851476 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

675-421: Was contested by a liberal rebellion . After the battle, the autocratic Spanish Bourbon Ferdinand VII was restored to the throne of Spain . François-René de Chateaubriand said "To stride across the lands of Spain at one go, to succeed there, where Bonaparte had failed, to triumph on that same soil where the arms of the fantastic man suffered reverses, to do in six months what he couldn't do in seven years, that

702-410: Was forced to surrender on 23 September 1823 and King Ferdinand was released and handed over to the French. Despite a prior promise of amnesty, the king ordered reprisals against the rebels; in the following years, an estimated 30,000 people were executed and 20,000 imprisoned. The Battle of Trocadero was one of the events that prompted U.S. President James Monroe to proclaim what would become known as

729-517: Was truly prodigious!" Nowadays the square is officially named Place du Trocadéro et (and) du 11 Novembre (for the WWI armistice), although it is usually simply called the Place du Trocadéro. The hill of Chaillot was first arranged for the 1867 World's Fair . For the 1878 World's Fair , the (old) Palais du Trocadéro (1878–1936) was built here (where meetings of international organizations could be held during

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