Quai d'Orsay

{{Short description|Quay in Paris, France}}

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Image:Façade Palais Bourbon 2.jpg on the Seine, the eastern end of the Quai d'Orsay in the foreground]]

Image:Hôtel du ministre des Affaires étrangères, façade côté jardin PA00088723 (8).jpg (1844–1855), at 37 Quai d'Orsay]]

The Quai d'Orsay ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|k|eɪ|_|d|ɔːr|ˈ|s|eɪ}} {{respell|KAY|_|dor|SAY}}, {{IPA|fr|ke dɔʁsɛ|lang|LL-Q150 (fra)-Jules78120-Quai d’Orsay.wav}}) is a quay in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. It is part of the left bank of the Seine opposite the Place de la Concorde.{{Cite NIE|wstitle=Quai d'Orsay|short=x}} It becomes the Quai Anatole-France east of the Palais Bourbon, and the Quai Branly west of the Pont de l'Alma.

The seat of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (the Hôtel du ministre des Affaires étrangères) is located on the Quai d'Orsay, between the Esplanade des Invalides and the National Assembly at the Palais Bourbon; thus the ministry is often called the "Quai d'Orsay" in the press by metonymy.{{Cite web|title=Paris - The Invalides|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Paris|access-date=2021-04-12|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}} The building housing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was built between 1844 and 1855 by Jacques Lacornée.{{Cite web|title=The Quai d'Orsay|url=https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/the-ministry-and-its-network/discover-the-ministry-history-virtual-tour-etc/our-buildings/the-quai-d-orsay/article/the-quai-d-orsay|access-date=2021-04-12|website=France Diplomacy - Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs|publisher=Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères|language=en}} The statues of the facade were created by the sculptor Henri de Triqueti (1870). The 1919 Treaty of Versailles was negotiated and written at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.{{Cite book|last=Slavicek|first=Louise Chipley|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/298324303|title=The Treaty of Versailles|publisher=Chelsea House Publishers|year=2010|isbn=978-1-60413-277-9|pages=37|oclc=298324303}}