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Tour Michelet (previously known as tour Total) is an office skyscraper
Skyscraper

A skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building. There is no official definition nor height above which a building may clearly be classified as a skyscraper....
 located in La Défense
La Défense

La D?fense is a major business district for the Communes of France of Paris, bordering Neuilly-sur-Seine, west of the city itself. It is centered in an oval freeway loop straddling the Hauts-de-Seine departments of France commune in France of Nanterre, Courbevoie and Puteaux....
 business district
Central business district

A central business district is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city. In Australia, China , Republic of Ireland, Kenya, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore and South Africa, the phrase is commonly used, and is often colloquially abbreviated to "CBD"....
 just west of Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
, France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
.

Built in 1985, the tower, with a height of 117 meters, belongs to the third generation of towers in La Défense. The tower took the name of the quartier Michelet it belongs to once Tour Elf has been renamed Tour Total
Tour Total

Tour Total SA is an office skyscraper located in La D?fense, Courbevoie, the high-rise Central business district west of and adjacent to the city of Paris, France....
 after the merger between the two French oil majors.

Despite that name change, the tower still hosts offices from the Total
Total

Total may refer to:...
 oil corporation.








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Tour Michelet (previously known as tour Total) is an office skyscraper
Skyscraper

A skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building. There is no official definition nor height above which a building may clearly be classified as a skyscraper....
 located in La Défense
La Défense

La D?fense is a major business district for the Communes of France of Paris, bordering Neuilly-sur-Seine, west of the city itself. It is centered in an oval freeway loop straddling the Hauts-de-Seine departments of France commune in France of Nanterre, Courbevoie and Puteaux....
 business district
Central business district

A central business district is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city. In Australia, China , Republic of Ireland, Kenya, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore and South Africa, the phrase is commonly used, and is often colloquially abbreviated to "CBD"....
 just west of Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
, France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
.

Built in 1985, the tower, with a height of 117 meters, belongs to the third generation of towers in La Défense. The tower took the name of the quartier Michelet it belongs to once Tour Elf has been renamed Tour Total
Tour Total

Tour Total SA is an office skyscraper located in La D?fense, Courbevoie, the high-rise Central business district west of and adjacent to the city of Paris, France....
 after the merger between the two French oil majors.

Despite that name change, the tower still hosts offices from the Total
Total

Total may refer to:...
 oil corporation.

See also

  • Skyscraper
    Skyscraper

    A skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building. There is no official definition nor height above which a building may clearly be classified as a skyscraper....
  • La Défense
    La Défense

    La D?fense is a major business district for the Communes of France of Paris, bordering Neuilly-sur-Seine, west of the city itself. It is centered in an oval freeway loop straddling the Hauts-de-Seine departments of France commune in France of Nanterre, Courbevoie and Puteaux....
  • List of tallest structures in Paris


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