Cite des Sciences et de l'Industrie, Parc de la

Cite des Sciences et de l'Industrie, or City of Science and Industry, the biggest science museum in Europe, opened in 1986, in the Parc de la Villette, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Cite includes a planetarium, submarine, IMAX theatre and bioclimatic facade of greenhouses. The Parc de la Villette sits on the site of Paris old slaughterhouse district and was designed 1984-87 by Bernard Tschumi and Colin Fournier as one of Francois Mitterand's Grands Projets. It has since been developed with cultural venues, musical and science establishments built by many contemporary architects. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

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Photograph by Manuel Cohen