| Places of Interests in Paris : Summary | |
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| 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 ...] RUE NOLLET This street, located in the XVIIth arrondissement, bears (from 1864) the name of a physicist and abbot called Jean Nollet. He was born in 1700 and he died in 1770. [More ...] Saint Roch Church The Church Saint Roch is located, 296 rue Saint-Honoré in the first arrondissement. The first construction works started in 1653 further to Louis XIVth’s decision to have it built. It was Jacques Mercier, the Sorbonne architect, who imagined the construction drawings. He wanted to have one of the largest churches built in Paris (126 meters long). But, for budget reasons, its construction was interrupted after seven years. The building works started again in 1701 under the supervision of Jules Hardouin Mansard who finished the back of the Virgin chapel choir. Then the construction stopped again until 1719 when the Banker Law gave funds to enable to finish the construction of the church. [More ...] Saint-Augustin Church Saint-Augustin church was built in barocco style, in1860, under the second empire. Its construction lasted 11 years. It became a rather modern style church. It was built by Baltard in the heart of the VIIIth arrondissement between Monceau and Gare St Lazare. Under Haussmann, the capital city was renovated and large arteries called the boulevards were built to give the city a total new look. [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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