Montparnasse Tower

Paris · Landmark

Tour Maine-Montparnasse, also commonly named Tour Montparnasse, is a 210-metre office skyscraper in the Montparnasse area of Paris, France. Constructed from 1969 to 1973, it was the tallest skyscraper in France until 2011, when it was surpassed by the 231-metre Tour First in the La Défense business district west of Paris's city limits. It remains the tallest building in Paris proper and the fourth tallest in France, behind the Link, Tour First and Tour Hekla.

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Country: Paris · Landmark
Latitude: 48.84° N
Longitude: 2.32° E

Which way is Montparnasse Tower from…

From London, Montparnasse Tower lies at 149° to the south-east, 344 km as the crow flies.

London	149° south-east	344 km
New York	54° north-east	5,836 km
Madrid	25° north-east	1,050 km
Rome	318° north-west	1,106 km
Montreal	57° north-east	5,504 km
Saint-Denis, Réunion	328° north-west	9,365 km

Bearings as the crow flies (great circle), measured from north. From somewhere else, the bearing changes: that’s the whole game.

Oùcécap’s take

Three landmarks, one bearing: from La Madeleine, the Place de la Concorde or the Musée de l’Orangerie, the Montparnasse Tower is due south (183°, 179° and 181°), 3.1, 2.6 and 2.4 km away. From the Eiffel Tower, aim south-east, at 132°, 2.7 km. From the Luxembourg Palace it is south-west, at 239°, 1.3 km.