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There are indeed a lot of tall buildings in the Paris region, but by far most of them are in La Défense, outside the city of Paris. Within the city, there is a cluster at Les Olympiades, built in the early 1970s, but most of the city itself is remarkably low- and mid-rise. This is why the Eiffel Tower is still so visible in the skyline.

The low- and mid-rise nature of Paris is very much on purpose. From that link:

In 1973, the Montparnasse Tower office building rose up in the 15th arrondissement. This 59-story, 209m (686ft) high eyesore has had few champions since it was built.

Following the Montparnasse Tower experience, the City Council set a height limit of 37m (121ft) for new buildings within the city limits. This allowed Paris’ famous monuments – the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe, the Basilica of Sacré-Coeur, Notre-Dame – to reign unchallenged.

The City Council raised the height limit in 2010 to 50m (160ft) in certain central areas and 180m (590ft) in the city’s outer areas. This doesn’t mean that skyscrapers will spring up in the core of Paris. For the oldest and most central neighborhoods, the former height limits remain in force.