In the Battle of Trocadero, Trocadero, a fortified position on the Bay of Cádiz in the south of Spain, was captured on August 31, 1823, by French forces led by the duc d'Angoulême. The goal was to intervene against the liberal Spanish who were rebelling against the autocracy of Ferdinand VII. Trocadero restored the autocratic Spanish Bourbon Ferdinand to the throne of Spain, in an action that defined the Restauration. The name "trocadero" means an emporium or place of trade. The Battle of Trocadero August 31, 1823, established the victory of the Ultra_Catholic reaction to the right in the post_Napoleonic period. ... This article is about the Spanish city. ... The Kingdom of Spain or Spain (Spanish and Galician: Reino de España or España; Catalan: Regne dEspanya; Basque: Espainiako Erresuma) is a country located in the southwest of Europe. ... August 31 is the 243rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (244th in leap years), with 122 days remaining, as the final day of August. ... Events July 15 - San Paolo fuori le Mura church in Rome almost completely destroyed by fire September 10 - Peru December 2 - US President James Monroe delivers a speech to the U.S. Congress, announcing a new policy of forbidding European interference in the Americas and establishing American neutrality in future... Charles X, King of France and of Navarre ( October 9, 1757 – November 6, 1836) was born at the Palace of Versailles. ... Ferdinand VII (October 14, 1784 - September 29, 1833) was King of Spain from 1813 to 1833. ... Following the ouster of Napoleon Bonaparte in 1814, the Allies restored the Bourbon Dynasty to the French throne. ...

The event was considered worthy of commemoration in Paris.

The Trocadéro from the Eiffel Tower

The Place du Trocadéro, in the 16th arrondissement, is located on the hill of Chaillot bordering the Seine river. The "Seizieme" which connected Paris to the Bois de Boulogne remains the city's smartest district. Download high resolution version (750x1018, 179 KB)Part of the Trocadero from the Eiffel Tower. ... Download high resolution version (750x1018, 179 KB)Part of the Trocadero from the Eiffel Tower. ... The Eiffel Tower (French: la Tour Eiffel) is a metallic tower built on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France, and is nowadays the most famous landmark and symbol of Paris. ... This article is about the river in France; it should not be confused with the Senne, a much smaller river that flows through Brussels. ... Bois de Boulogne is a park located along the western edge of the 16ème arrondissement of Paris. ...

For the 1878 international exposition, the Palais du Trocadéro was built here. Its purposes included the holding of meetings of international organizations during the fair. The palace's form was that of a large concert hall with two wings and two towers; its style was a mixture of historical ones, generally called "Moorish" but with some Byzantine elements. The building proved unpopular, though the cost expended in its construction delayed its replacement for nearly fifty years. 1878 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Worlds Fair is the generic name for various large expositions held since the mid 19th century. ... For the terrain type see Moor Moors is used in this article to describe the medieval Muslim inhabitants of al-Andalus and the Maghreb, whose culture is often called Moorish. For other meanings look at Moors (Meaning) or Blackamoors. ... The Byzantine Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered at its capital in Constantinople. ...

The Place du Trocadéro and its terraced gardens in the formal French taste that looks back to André Le Notre is dominated by the Palais de Chaillot, built in 1937 for the Exposition Internationale de Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (1937) in the classicizing "Moderne" style that expressed government authority from Washington to Rome to Moscow. The two wings frame the sunken pool on axis with the Eiffel Tower, itself a relict of a former Exposition. It was constructed from the basic pieces of the earlier structure, although the concert hall was destroyed. At the Palais, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed in 1948, now commemorated by a stone. The Exposition Internationale de Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (International Exposition dedicated to Art and Technology in Modern Life) was held in 1937 in Paris, France. ... The Eiffel Tower (French: la Tour Eiffel) is a metallic tower built on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France, and is nowadays the most famous landmark and symbol of Paris. ... The Exposition Universelle of 1889 was a Worlds Fair held in Paris, France from May 5, to October 31, 1889. ... The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (also UDHR) is a declaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly (A/RES/217, December 10, 1948), outlining basic human rights. ...

The vast building now houses the avant-garde Theatre National de Chaillot and museums including the ethnographic Musée de l'Homme, which has largely been relocated to a brand new museum on Quai Branly, and the naval Musée de la Marine's ship models. A work similar to Marcel Duchamps Fountain Avant garde (written avant-garde) is a French phrase, one of many French phrases used by English speakers. ... Ethnography (from the Greek ethnos = nation and graphe = writing) refers to the qualitative description of human social phenomena, based on months or years of fieldwork. ...

• Commemorative stone dedication, October 17, 1987 (http://www.oct17.org/en/archiv%2003%20en/dalleuk.arch03ehtm.htm)

The stylish connotations of the Place du Trocadéro, inspired first the Trocadero Restaurant in London, and then multitudes of nightclubs and cinemas named "Trocadero". This article is about Trocadero restaurants and clubs. ... This article is about Trocadero restaurants and clubs. ...

Metro station: Trocadéro Paris Art Nouveau Metro sign The Paris Métro is the metro (underground) system in Paris, France. ... A metro station is a train station for a metro. ...