Paris · Stop 6 of 6 · 1951
Place du Trocadéro and the Foch statue
The square behind the Palais de Chaillot, ringed with cafés, with a bronze marshal on horseback looking across the river at the Tower. Our Paris walk ends here, two marshals apart from where it began.
Worth seeing when you're there
- The equestrian statue of Marshal Ferdinand Foch, by Robert Wlérick and Raymond Martin, in place since 1951.
- Stand beside Foch and look where he looks: past the Tower, Joffre's statue at the École Militaire is on the same line.
- The café terraces round the square: Carette, Café Kléber, Café du Trocadéro.
- A short walk away, a bronze George Washington rides at Place d'Iéna.
A little history
The square remembers two dates in its name: a French victory at the Trocadero fort in Spain in 1823, and the Armistice of 11 November 1918. Foch was appointed to coordinate all the Allied armies in March 1918; the Armistice was signed in his railway carriage at Compiègne. He rests at Les Invalides.
Getting there, hours, cost
Metro Trocadéro, lines 6 and 9, exits onto the square. Everything here is public and open at all hours.
- Open
- Always (public square)
- Closed
- Never
- Cost
- Free
- Note
- Cafés open early till late.
Hours change. Recheck official sources close to your date. Navigate here · Trail map
Nearby: eat, see, rest
- Carette Trocadéro Tea room · 1 min on foot
- Musée national de la Marine Museum · 1 min on foot
- Café de l'Homme Restaurant, Tower-view terrace · 1 min on foot
- Café Kléber Café · 1 min on foot
More on the trail map and in The Eiffel Tower to Trocadéro walk.
On the trail
This landmark is Stop 6 of 6 of Seine Clearly: The ARIA Calibration, our self-guided puzzle walk through the Cubbon Park district. The clue here uses what you can see from exactly where you are standing.