Quai d'Orsay

For other uses, see Quai d'Orsay (disambiguation).
The Palais Bourbon on the Seine, the eastern end of the Quai d'Orsay in the foreground
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1844–1855), at 37 Quai d'Orsay

The Quai d'Orsay (/ˌkeɪ dɔːrˈseɪ/ KAY dor-SAY, French: [ke dɔʁsɛ] ⓘ) is a quay in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. It is part of the left bank of the Seine opposite the Place de la Concorde.[1] It becomes the Quai Anatole-France east of the Palais Bourbon, and the Quai Branly west of the Pont de l'Alma.

The seat of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (the Hôtel du ministre des Affaires étrangères) is located on the Quai d'Orsay, between the Esplanade des Invalides and the National Assembly at the Palais Bourbon; thus the ministry is often called the "Quai d'Orsay" in the press by metonymy.[2] The building housing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was built between 1844 and 1855 by Jacques Lacornée.[3] The statues of the facade were created by the sculptor Henri de Triqueti (1870). The 1919 Treaty of Versailles was negotiated and written at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[4]

  1. ^ "Quai d'Orsay" . New International Encyclopedia. 1905.
  2. ^ "Paris - The Invalides". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  3. ^ "The Quai d'Orsay". France Diplomacy - Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs. Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  4. ^ Slavicek, Louise Chipley (2010). The Treaty of Versailles. Chelsea House Publishers. p. 37. ISBN 978-1-60413-277-9. OCLC 298324303.