Location: Quai de la Tournelle, 75005 Paris, Paris.
The Seine-side quay featured in Vincente Minnelli's An American in Paris (1951) with Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron. The film's legendary 17-minute ballet sequence was partly inspired by the views from this quay. Winner of 6 Academy Awards.
Period recorded for this site: 20th century.
Theme: Cinema.
Coordinates: 48.84970, 2.35190.
This plaque is a stop on the walk: Nouvelle Vague & Left Bank Cinema.
On Nouvelle Vague & Left Bank Cinema: Quai de la Tournelle, where Gene Kelly danced in An American in Paris (1951).
Other plaques within a few minutes' walk: Anne Hébert (80 m); Ecole rue de Pontoise (118 m); Évariste Galois (123 m); Ecole rue de Poissy (126 m); Sergent-chef Meresse / Caporal Poret (157 m).