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5-932: UNESCO Headquarters , or Maison de l'UNESCO , is a building inaugurated on 3 November 1958 at number 7 Place de Fontenoy in Paris , France , to serve as the headquarters for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO ). It is a building that can be visited freely. The design of the UNESCO Headquarters building was the combined work of three architects: Bernard Zehrfuss (France), Marcel Breuer (Hungary), and Pier Luigi Nervi (Italy). Plans were also validated by an international committee of five architects composed of Lúcio Costa (Brazil), Walter Gropius (Germany/United States), Le Corbusier (France), Sven Markelius (Sweden) and Ernesto Nathan Rogers (Italy), with
10-617: The Headquarters Agreement. The Headquarters Agreement entered into force on 23 November 1955. It was published by a decree of 11 January 1956. Place de Fontenoy The Place de Fontenoy ( French pronunciation: [plas də fɔ̃tənwa] ) is a square in Paris , France , named after the victory of Maréchal Maurice de Saxe in the Battle of Fontenoy . At number 7 is the World Heritage Centre ,
15-425: The collaboration of Eero Saarinen (Finland). The main building, which houses the secretariat, consists of seven floors forming a three-pointed star. To this is added a building called the "accordion" and a cubic building, which is intended for permanent delegations and non-governmental organisations . These buildings occupy a trapezoidal area of land measuring 30,350 square metres (326,700 sq ft), cut in
20-625: The end of the lease. In addition, the residence of this intergovernmental organization on the French territory is governed by a headquarters agreement that defines its privileges and immunities. Both agreements were signed in Paris in 1954, respectively on 25 June and 25 July. The French Parliament approved the lease by a law enacted on 6 August 1955, authorized the President of the Republic to ratify
25-615: The northeast corner of the semi-circular shape of the Place de Fontenoy . It is bordered by avenues of Saxony, Segur de Suffren and Lowendal. The land on which the building is built is the property of the French State. By a decree of 22 December 1952, it was assigned to the Foreign Ministry to put at the disposal of UNESCO. This was done by a lease for a term of 99 years, renewable at a nominal rent (1000 francs per year), near
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