What is "trocadero"

The stylish connotations of the name "Trocadero" derive from the Battle of Trocadero in southern Spain, a citadel held by liberal Spaniard forces that was taken by the French troops sent by Louis XVIII of France, in 1823. The battle was commemorated in the Place du Trocadéro, Paris, and the monumental glamor of the Parisian site has given rise to a variety of locales bearing its name.

Trocadero may refer to:

Restaurants and clubs:

• London Trocadero, a restaurant which opened in 1896, now a shopping complex
• Trocadero, Birmingham, England, a pub
• Trocadero (Los Angeles), a 1930s ballroom and a modern nightclub
• Trocadero Theatre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, now a concert hall and dance club
• Trocadero, San Francisco, a roadhouse
• Tracadero Ballroom, at Elitch Gardens, Denver, Colorado, opened in 1917 and was torn down in 1975
• Sydney Trocadero, Australia, a dance and concert hall opened in 1936

Entertainment:

• Trocadero (1900 film), a lost French silent film by Georges Méliès
• Trocadero (1944 film), an American film directed by William Nigh
• Trocadero (band), an American alternative rock band
• "Trocadero", a song by the British rock and roll band Showaddywaddy

Other:

• Trocadero (name origin), a discussion about restaurant naming
• Tram Stop of Trocadero, a Tram Stop in Athens.
• Battle of Trocadero, in southern Spain in 1823, between the French army and Spanish revolutionaries
• Isla del Trocadero, site of the battle
• Trocadéro, an area of Paris, France
  • Trocadéro (Paris Métro), a Paris Métro station
• French ship Trocadéro (1824), a ship of the line
• Trocadero (drink), a soft drink popular in Sweden

The Trocadéro, , site of the Palais de Chaillot, , is an area of Paris, France, in the 16th arrondissement, across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower. The hill of the Trocadéro is the hill of Chaillot, a former village.

Trocadéro is a station on lines 6 and 9 of the Paris Métro in the 16th arrondissement and named after the Place du Trocadéro.

Trocadero is an experimental rock band formed in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1997. The band's current lineup consists of Nico Audy-Rowland, Brandon Erdos, Violet Heart, and Martha Marin. The band got it's name after a subway stop in Paris. The band is best known for their contribution to the soundtrack of the web-series Red vs. Blue. Nico Audy-Rowland had discovered the show in 2003 and sent the creators a song, "Blood Gulch Blues", which would would end up becoming the show's opening theme.

The band's debut album, Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue, was released on June 1, 2003. Their latest album, the soundtrack to Season 13 of Red vs. Blue, was released in 2015. Nico Audy-Rowland was also involved in the Uggos, a collaboration with Jeff Williams that created the music for The Strangerhood, another Rooster Teeth series. Audy-Rowland has made it clear several times that this venture is not the same as Trocadero.

Cafe Trocadero was an upscale nightclub that opened on the Sunset Strip in 1934 and immediately became the place where Hollywood stars went to be seen. Not surprisingly, photographs of the stars out on the town at the Troc one night might appear in The Hollywood Reporter the next day, as both Cafe Trocadero and THR were owned by William R. Wilkerson.

A black tie French-inspired supper club, at 8610 Sunset Blvd. in the posh Sunset Plaza section of the Strip, it was one of the most famous nightclubs in the world.

Trocadero is a caffeinated apple- and orange flavored soft drink from Sweden. It is particularly popular in the northern parts of Sweden. It has been produced by Saturnus AB since 1953. Several Swedish breweries make Trocadero, including Kopparbergs, Spendrups and Nyckelbryggerier among others.

Trocadero is the name of several restaurants and clubs throughout the world. The name dates to the Battle of Trocadero in southern Spain, in which a citadel held by liberal Spanish forces that was taken by the French troops sent by Charles X, in 1823, was commemorated in the Place du Trocadéro, Paris.

Trocadero is a 1944 American comedy film directed by William Nigh.