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Arc de Triomphe Here every Armistice Day (11 November) the President of the Republic lays a wreath. On 14 July - the French National Day (refered to as Bastille Day everywhere except in France) - a military parade down the Champs Elysées begins here. For important occasions of state, and national holidays, a huge French tricolor is unfurled and hung from the vaulted ceiling inside of the Arch [More ...] Bastille The Colonne de Juillet dominates la Place de la Bastille. It marks the site of the prison known as the Bastille which was stormed by the Mob in 1789 at the start of the French Revolution. In the subway station beneath the square, stones from the Bastille's foundation can still be seen. This square is also home to the Opéra Bastille completed in 1990. [More ...] Bastille, Opera The Opéra Bastille, the work of Carlos Ott, inaugurated in 1989, is a building characterised by the transparency of its façades and the use of the same materials inside and out. Discovery of the public areas, the main auditorium and the stage areas. [More ...] Champs Elysees No street in Paris is more well known than the Champs-Elysees. This famed thoroughfare bustling with shops, restaurants, cafes, cinemas and car showrooms. The tree lined avenue is 1.2 miles long and runs from the Arc de Trimophe to the Egyptian obelisk at the place de la Concorde. [More ...] Eiffel Tower About 1 km away from the Musée d'Orsay, you will see the world most visited site - the Eiffel Tower. This towering edifice standing 320m high was built for the Universal Exposition of 1889, held to commemorate the centenary of the French Revolution. The world's tallest structure until 1930, it is named after its designer, Gustave EIFFEL. To think that the Tour Eiffel, incontestably one of the most astonishing realisation of industrial technique was nearly demolished due to severe criticism as being inaesthetic during that time!! [More ...] Invalides museum Les Invalides comprises the largest single collection/complex of monuments in Paris, including: * Musée de l'Armée * Musée des Plans-Reliefs * Musée de l'Ordre de la Libération * L'Eglise de St-Louis-des-Invalides [More ...] Latin district, Conciergerie In addition to this sublime chef-d'œuvre of Gothic genius, which includes two sanctuaries, one atop the other, we see on the north the medieval towers of the Conciergerie, where Marie-Antoinette was imprisoned. Behind these towers are hidden vast and magnificent halls, vaulted with ogival arches. [More ...] Latin district, Luxembourg Park This quarter is named for the Jardins de Luxembourg, a large and sumptuous park that is a must to visit during any season. With its statuary, benches and formal gravel paths, this is the quint essential Paris park. Right in the middle of the park, the Italianate-style Palais du Luxembourg has served many functions in its 360-year history. Today it houses the French Senate. While you're there, don't miss the dramatic Fontaine des Médicis. [More ...] Latin district, NOTRE DAME Cathedral of Paris It is perhaps the most solemn, the most awe-inspiring of all Gothic cathedrals. A gothic masterpiece. Notre Dame de Paris, conceived by Maurice de Sully, was built between the twelfth and fourteenth centuries (1163-1345). Road distances in France are calculated on the basis of the "0 km" marked on the square in front of the cathedral. [More ...] Latin district, the fountain of St Michel The fountain in Place St. Michel, realised by Davioud in 1860 is decorated with the group of bronzes which includes St Michael slaughtering the dragon. In this square, in August 1944, bitter fighting took place between the students of the Resistance and the Germans. [More ...] Latin district, the Sainte Chapelle Not far from its Louis XVI court of honor, the tower of the Sainte-Chapelle. Lying inside the Palais de Justice (law Courts), Sainte Chapelle was consecrated in 1248 and built to house what was reputedly Jesus' crown of thorns and other relics. The gem-like chapel, illuminated by a veritable curtain of 13th century stained glass (the oldest and finest in Paris) is best viewed from the law courts'main entrance - a magnificently gilded, 18th-century gate. [More ...] Latin district, the Sorbonne University Robert de Sorbon founded a college in 1253 for theology students without money. The pope approved of the idea, and it later became the University of Paris. Student life was ruled by a rigorous class schedule: dialectics, astronomy, grammar, rhetoric, and math. The students' discipline had to be strict to endure the early rising and studies stretching into the evening. The only remnants of the old college are the traces of the chapel, visible in the Sorbonne courtyard. [More ...] Le Marais In the trendy Paris neighborhood of the Marais, cultures and lifestyles mix and match, and laissez-faire rules. [More ...] Le Marais, Museum of Picasso The Musée Picasso is situated in the heart of historic Paris, and has a collection of several thousand works of Pablo Picasso. Picasso was born in 1881 and he began to study art in 1895. During his life he created diverse works: painting, sculpture, drawing, ceramics, engraving, and even poetry. After his death in 1973, many of Picasso's works went to the French state, which decided to form a museum with the collection. [More ...] Le Marais, Place des Vosges Paris' original attempt at urban planning, the Place des Vosges is now its oldest square. The square symmetry of the square, with its ground floor arcade, consists of 39 (some say 36) houses - each made of red brick with stone facings. Its construction was under Henri IV from 1605 - 1612. The site was originally occupied by the Hôtel des Tournelles. [More ...] Montmartre and its museums Musée de Montmartre Musée d'Art naif Max Fourny Musée d'Art Juif Musée de la Vie Romantique Musée de l'Erotisme Espace Toulouse-Lautrec Espace Montmartre-Dali [More ...] Montmartre, Place du Tertre Montmartre, high on the only hill overlooking Paris, has long been famous for its artists, and its magnificant Basilica du Sacre Coeur. Close by is the Place du Tertre; usually completely covered with tables and bright umbrellas...... and ``artists.'' Don't expect to find a budding Gauguin, or many Parisians here, but it is certainly harmless fun. [More ...] Montmartre, Sacred Heart Basilic This Basilica, in Romano-Byzantine style, was build, as the mosaic above the choir reminds us, to accomplish a vow made in consequence of the extreme need of France and of the Church in 1870. Despite the obstacles encountered by the builders, work was brought to asuccessful conclusion thanks to a law passed by the National Assembly and above all to the countless humble offerings sent from all over France. Saint Theresa of the Infant Jesus, Father de Foucauld, the poet Max Jacob, the painter Utrillo, Pius XII, John XXIII often prayed here, as well as the ordinary people, in times of distress : 1914, 1940, Budapest, Algeria. John Paul II came in 1980. [More ...] Orsay museum The Gare d’Orsay inaugurated for the Universal Exhibition on July 14, 1900 was the 1st Parisian train station to have electric power. In 1977,the station became a museum dedicated to the artistic creation of the 2nd half of the 19th century (1848-1914). [More ...] Place de la Concorde The Place de la Concorde, which is the largest place in Paris, is situated along the Seine and separates the Tuilerie Gardens from the beginning of the Champs Elysées. It is in the 8th arrondissement, or district, of the city. [More ...] Royal Palace The Palais Royal began as a small and private theater in the residence of Cardinal Richelieu. It was designed by the architect, Jacques Lemercier. This theater became known by the name of the residence, the Palais Cardinal. It was the first theater in France with movable scenery wings and a proscenium arch. Its first production was Jean Desmeret's Mirame in 1641. [More ...] Rue Cler It's a cobbled pedestrian street lined with shops run by people who've found their niche...boys who grew up on quiche. Aproned fruit stall attendants coax doll-like girls into trying their cherries. And ladies, after a lifetime of baguette munching, debate the merits of the street's rival boulangeries. [More ...] The Louvre museum The biggest museum of the world, MUSEE DU LOUVRE is another must. This enormous building, constructed around 1200 as a fortress was rebuilt in the middle of the 16th century into a palace for the royal family. It was at around 1793 that le musée du Louvre takes it's name and opened to the public as a museum. As part of Mitterand's 'grands projets', the Louvre was revamped in the 1980's with the addition of a 21m glass pyramid entrance. You will have the pleasure to view an innumerable amount of valueless paintings, sculptures and antiquities, including the Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo and the Winged Victory, just to name a few. [More ...] Trocadero and its museums The Marine museum The museum of Man The Guimet museum [More ...] Trocadero, Palais Chaillot Built in 1937, for the Universal Exhibition. The Palais houses the musée du Cinéma, the musée national des Monuments Français, the musée des Matériaux du C.R.M.H, the musée de l'Homme, the musée de la Marine and the Théatre national de Chaillot. Architects: Carlu, Boileau and Azema. Please consult the different museums listed. [More ...] Tuileries gardens It lies between the Opera and the river, bounded by the vast Place de la Concorde in the west and the Louvre to the east. These gardens have replaced the Tuileries Palace, that burnt down during the 1871 Paris Commune unrest, leaving only the real tennis court, the Jeu de Paume, which is now used for contemporary art shows, and the Musée de l'Orangerie. [More ...]

Places of Interests in Paris : Summary

Arc de Triomphe

Here every Armistice Day (11 November) the President of the Republic lays a wreath. On 14 July - the French National Day (refered to as Bastille Day everywhere except in France) - a military parade down the Champs Elysées begins here. For important occasions of state, and national holidays, a huge French tricolor is unfurled and hung from the vaulted ceiling inside of the Arch [More ...]

Bastille

The Colonne de Juillet dominates la Place de la Bastille. It marks the site of the prison known as the Bastille which was stormed by the Mob in 1789 at the start of the French Revolution. In the subway station beneath the square, stones from the Bastille's foundation can still be seen. This square is also home to the Opéra Bastille completed in 1990. [More ...]

Bastille, Opera

The Opéra Bastille, the work of Carlos Ott, inaugurated in 1989, is a building characterised by the transparency of its façades and the use of the same materials inside and out. Discovery of the public areas, the main auditorium and the stage areas. [More ...]

Champs Elysees

No street in Paris is more well known than the Champs-Elysees. This famed thoroughfare bustling with shops, restaurants, cafes, cinemas and car showrooms. The tree lined avenue is 1.2 miles long and runs from the Arc de Trimophe to the Egyptian obelisk at the place de la Concorde. [More ...]

Eiffel Tower

About 1 km away from the Musée d'Orsay, you will see the world most visited site - the Eiffel Tower. This towering edifice standing 320m high was built for the Universal Exposition of 1889, held to commemorate the centenary of the French Revolution. The world's tallest structure until 1930, it is named after its designer, Gustave EIFFEL. To think that the Tour Eiffel, incontestably one of the most astonishing realisation of industrial technique was nearly demolished due to severe criticism as being inaesthetic during that time!! [More ...]

Invalides museum

Les Invalides comprises the largest single collection/complex of monuments in Paris, including:
* Musée de l'Armée
* Musée des Plans-Reliefs
* Musée de l'Ordre de la Libération
* L'Eglise de St-Louis-des-Invalides [More ...]

Latin district, Conciergerie

In addition to this sublime chef-d'œuvre of Gothic genius, which includes two sanctuaries, one atop the other, we see on the north the medieval towers of the Conciergerie, where Marie-Antoinette was imprisoned. Behind these towers are hidden vast and magnificent halls, vaulted with ogival arches. [More ...]

Latin district, Luxembourg Park

This quarter is named for the Jardins de Luxembourg, a large and sumptuous park that is a must to visit during any season. With its statuary, benches and formal gravel paths, this is the quint essential Paris park. Right in the middle of the park, the Italianate-style Palais du Luxembourg has served many functions in its 360-year history. Today it houses the French Senate. While you're there, don't miss the dramatic Fontaine des Médicis. [More ...]

Latin district, NOTRE DAME Cathedral of Paris

It is perhaps the most solemn, the most awe-inspiring of all Gothic cathedrals. A gothic masterpiece. Notre Dame de Paris, conceived by Maurice de Sully, was built between the twelfth and fourteenth centuries (1163-1345). Road distances in France are calculated on the basis of the "0 km" marked on the square in front of the cathedral. [More ...]

Latin district, the fountain of St Michel

The fountain in Place St. Michel, realised by Davioud in 1860 is decorated with the group of bronzes which includes St Michael slaughtering the dragon. In this square, in August 1944, bitter fighting took place between the students of the Resistance and the Germans. [More ...]

Latin district, the Sainte Chapelle

Not far from its Louis XVI court of honor, the tower of the Sainte-Chapelle. Lying inside the Palais de Justice (law Courts), Sainte Chapelle was consecrated in 1248 and built to house what was reputedly Jesus' crown of thorns and other relics. The gem-like chapel, illuminated by a veritable curtain of 13th century stained glass (the oldest and finest in Paris) is best viewed from the law courts'main entrance - a magnificently gilded, 18th-century gate. [More ...]

Latin district, the Sorbonne University

Robert de Sorbon founded a college in 1253 for theology students without money. The pope approved of the idea, and it later became the University of Paris. Student life was ruled by a rigorous class schedule: dialectics, astronomy, grammar, rhetoric, and math. The students' discipline had to be strict to endure the early rising and studies stretching into the evening. The only remnants of the old college are the traces of the chapel, visible in the Sorbonne courtyard. [More ...]

Le Marais

In the trendy Paris neighborhood of the Marais, cultures and lifestyles mix and match, and laissez-faire rules. [More ...]

Le Marais, Museum of Picasso

The Musée Picasso is situated in the heart of historic Paris, and has a collection of several thousand works of Pablo Picasso. Picasso was born in 1881 and he began to study art in 1895. During his life he created diverse works: painting, sculpture, drawing, ceramics, engraving, and even poetry. After his death in 1973, many of Picasso's works went to the French state, which decided to form a museum with the collection. [More ...]

Le Marais, Place des Vosges

Paris' original attempt at urban planning, the Place des Vosges is now its oldest square. The square symmetry of the square, with its ground floor arcade, consists of 39 (some say 36) houses - each made of red brick with stone facings. Its construction was under Henri IV from 1605 - 1612. The site was originally occupied by the Hôtel des Tournelles. [More ...]

Montmartre and its museums

Musée de Montmartre
Musée d'Art naif Max Fourny
Musée d'Art Juif
Musée de la Vie Romantique
Musée de l'Erotisme
Espace Toulouse-Lautrec
Espace Montmartre-Dali [More ...]

Montmartre, Place du Tertre

Montmartre, high on the only hill overlooking Paris, has long been famous for its artists, and its magnificant Basilica du Sacre Coeur. Close by is the Place du Tertre; usually completely covered with tables and bright umbrellas...... and ``artists.'' Don't expect to find a budding Gauguin, or many Parisians here, but it is certainly harmless fun. [More ...]

Montmartre, Sacred Heart Basilic

This Basilica, in Romano-Byzantine style, was build, as the mosaic above the choir reminds us, to accomplish a vow made in consequence of the extreme need of France and of the Church in 1870. Despite the obstacles encountered by the builders, work was brought to asuccessful conclusion thanks to a law passed by the National Assembly and above all to the countless humble offerings sent from all over France. Saint Theresa of the Infant Jesus, Father de Foucauld, the poet Max Jacob, the painter Utrillo, Pius XII, John XXIII often prayed here, as well as the ordinary people, in times of distress : 1914, 1940, Budapest, Algeria. John Paul II came in 1980. [More ...]

Orsay museum

The Gare d’Orsay inaugurated for the Universal Exhibition on July 14, 1900 was the 1st Parisian train station to have electric power. In 1977,the station became a museum dedicated to the artistic creation of the 2nd half of the 19th century (1848-1914). [More ...]

Place de la Concorde

The Place de la Concorde, which is the largest place in Paris, is situated along the Seine and separates the Tuilerie Gardens from the beginning of the Champs Elysées. It is in the 8th arrondissement, or district, of the city. [More ...]

Royal Palace

The Palais Royal began as a small and private theater in the residence of Cardinal Richelieu. It was designed by the architect, Jacques Lemercier. This theater became known by the name of the residence, the Palais Cardinal. It was the first theater in France with movable scenery wings and a proscenium arch. Its first production was Jean Desmeret's Mirame in 1641. [More ...]

Rue Cler

It's a cobbled pedestrian street lined with shops run by people who've found their niche...boys who grew up on quiche. Aproned fruit stall attendants coax doll-like girls into trying their cherries. And ladies, after a lifetime of baguette munching, debate the merits of the street's rival boulangeries. [More ...]

The Louvre museum

The biggest museum of the world, MUSEE DU LOUVRE is another must. This enormous building, constructed around 1200 as a fortress was rebuilt in the middle of the 16th century into a palace for the royal family. It was at around 1793 that le musée du Louvre takes it's name and opened to the public as a museum. As part of Mitterand's 'grands projets', the Louvre was revamped in the 1980's with the addition of a 21m glass pyramid entrance. You will have the pleasure to view an innumerable amount of valueless paintings, sculptures and antiquities, including the Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo and the Winged Victory, just to name a few. [More ...]

Trocadero and its museums

The Marine museum
The museum of Man
The Guimet museum [More ...]

Trocadero, Palais Chaillot

Built in 1937, for the Universal Exhibition. The Palais houses the musée du Cinéma, the musée national des Monuments Français, the musée des Matériaux du C.R.M.H, the musée de l'Homme, the musée de la Marine and the Théatre national de Chaillot. Architects: Carlu, Boileau and Azema. Please consult the different museums listed. [More ...]

Tuileries gardens

It lies between the Opera and the river, bounded by the vast Place de la Concorde in the west and the Louvre to the east. These gardens have replaced the Tuileries Palace, that burnt down during the 1871 Paris Commune unrest, leaving only the real tennis court, the Jeu de Paume, which is now used for contemporary art shows, and the Musée de l'Orangerie. [More ...]

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