Tour du coin (Louvre)

Tour du coin
Part of wall of Philippe Auguste
Paris in  France
The wall of the Louvre along the Seine with the tour du Coin on the right, reimagined in a 19th-century engraving
Tour du coin is located in Paris
Tour du coin
Tour du coin
Coordinates48°51′33″N 2°20′17″E / 48.859294°N 2.337964°E / 48.859294; 2.337964
TypeCorner tower
Height25 meters
Site information
ConditionDestroyed
Site history
Built1190-1209
Built byPhilip II of France
MaterialsStone
Demolished1531 (partially), 1719 (totally)

The tour du coin (or tour de la conférence) was one of the corner towers of the ancient wall of Philip II Augustus in Paris, built between 1190 and 1209.