Embassy of the United States, Paris

Embassy of the United States, Paris

Chancery building seen from the southwest
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Location2 Avenue Gabriel
Paris, France
Coordinates48°52′04″N 2°19′15″E / 48.867886°N 2.320733°E / 48.867886; 2.320733
Inaugurated1933 (1933)[1]
AmbassadorDenise Bauer
Websitefr.usembassy.gov

The Embassy of the United States in Paris is the diplomatic mission of the United States in the French Republic. The embassy is the oldest diplomatic mission of the United States.[2] Benjamin Franklin and some of the other Founding Fathers were the earliest United States Ambassadors to France.[2] The chancery building is located at 2 Avenue Gabriel, on the northwest corner of the Place de la Concorde, in the 8th arrondissement of Paris.[3]

  1. ^ "A history of the official American presence in France" (PDF). United States Department of State. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
  2. ^ a b "History of the Embassy". United States Department of State. August 10, 2010. Archived from the original on May 9, 2012. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference loc was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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