Chaillot

The first mention of Chaillot is that of its church, Ecclesia de Caleio, which appears in a Papal bull from 1097. {{Cite book |title= Histoire de la banlieue ecclésiastique de Paris, Paris, Prault|page=42 |year=1754 |language=fr}}

In later Latin documents, the term varies between Callevio, Calloio, Challoio, Calloium, and Chalouel,{{Cite book |title= Histoire de la banlieue ecclésiastique de Paris, Paris, Prault|page=42 |year=1754 |language=fr}} then in the 13th century as Chailloel.>{{Cite book |title= Histoire de la banlieue ecclésiastique de Paris, Paris, Prault|page=46 |year=1754 |language=fr}} In French , in the 14th century, it was most often written Chailluyau, in the 15th century, Chailluyau, Chaleau, Chayoux or Chailliau.{{Cite book |title= Histoire de la banlieue ecclésiastique de Paris, Paris, Prault|page=42 |year=1754 |language=fr}} The spelling Chaillot would not become the norm until the 19th century .

The name Chaillot comes from the French caillou meaning pebble.

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Chaillot was originally a village on the outskirts of Paris. In the 16th century, Catherine de' Medici built the Château de Chaillot (no longer existing). Chaillot was incorporated into the city of Paris in 1860 by the Law of 16 June 1859. At that time, it was planned that Auteuil and Passy would form a new arrondissement that would be numbered the 13th arrondissement, but "The rich and powerful moving in did not like the number. They pulled strings and became the 16th, the unlucky association and postmark being transferred to the blameless but less influential folks around Porte d'Italie."{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/04/14/travel/for-parisians-it-s-sweet-in-the-16th.html|title=For Parisians, It's Sweet in the Sixteenth|work=New York Times}}

Among the landmarks of Chaillot are the Palais de Chaillot and the Jardins du Trocadéro at the Trocadéro, the Saint-Pierre de Chaillot church, the Musée Guimet, the Palais Galliera, and the Palais de Tokyo.

Paris Palais de Chaillot 2.jpg|Palais de Chaillot

Jardins du Trocadéro 1986-152.jpg|Trocadero Gardens

Paris, Saint-Pierre-de-Chaillot, Außenansicht.jpg|Saint-Pierre de Chaillot

Musee Guimet en 2013 1.jpg|The Musée Guimet

Musée Galliera, Paris 21 July 2017.jpg|The Palais Galliera

Palais de Tokyo, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.jpg|The Palais de Tokyo

Lübeck School is located in Chaillot.

Marcel Proust died at his apartment 44 rue Hamelin, in Chaillot, in 1922.[https://www.france-memoire.fr/mort-de-marcel-proust/ Mort de Marcel Proust]{{cite book|year=2022|title=La Maîtresse de Proust|page=193|author=Gilberto Schwartsmann, Emmanuel Tugny, Pascale Privey}}

The Madwoman of Chaillot by Jean Giraudoux is set in a café on Place de l'Alma.

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