City Guide & Map
Paris Essentials
- The Arch of Triumph
- The Champs-Élysées
- The Eiffel Tower
- Notre Dame Cathedral
- The Louvre
- Concorde Square
- Madeleine Church
- The Invalides
- Butte Montmartre
- The Sacred Heart
- The Opera Garnier
- The Vendome Square
- The Champ de Mars
- The Pantheon
- The Hotel de Ville
- The Orsay Museum
- The Conciergerie
- The Sainte Chapelle
- Place des Vosges
- Arch of Defense
- Tour Montparnasse
Its construction begins on January 23, 1887 with the engineer Gustave Eiffel.The assembly of the 15 000 metal parts finished in Mars 1889 and symbolized the World's Fair which took place in the Champs de Mars.With its 310 meters top and 7 000 tons, the Eiffel Tower was the world's tallest building until 1930.
A view of the Trocadero from the first floor of the Eiffel Tower
The neo-classic church of Sainte Marie Madeleine is in the north of the Concorde Square at the end of the Royal street. Built in the style of the Greeks Temples, it was devoted in 1842 after almost a century radical modifications and delays of construction.
In 1670, Louis XIV - the Sun King - founded The Invalides : An old soldiers home that became a complex providing quarters for 4,000persons.On 3 April 1861 Napoléon I came to his final rest in the cryptunder the golden cupola.
Raised over command of Napoleon Ier, the Arch of Triumph dominates the Avenue of the Champs-Elysées
With its panoramic view from the 56th and 59th floors, the Tower Montparnasse is a classic 20th century monument: 209 meters high.The best way to see the city's monuments is from the panoramic, open air terrace with views of Paris and the horizon 40 km away.
The Concorde Square is the most beautiful place of Paris . With a surface of 84.000 square meters , the place offers a superb sight of the avenue of the Champs-Elysées in all its length and the Arch of Triumph, on a side, the Louvre and Gardens of Tuileries , on the other side.
The King Louis XIV decided the imposing plan of the Place, in 1685.He bought back his hotel to the duke of VendÙme - from where the name of the Place: Vendome Square
The official decision to build the Orsay Museum was taken in 1977 and it has been opened to the public in December 1986 in order to show the artistic creation of the western world from 1848 to 1914.
The Louvre Museum is one of the world's largest and best-known museums of fine art. From a castle in 1190 to his completion in 1870, the palace of the Louvre gradually extended on right bank from Seine.
The Notre Dame Cathedral , on the Ile de la Cité, an island in the Seine River that is the original birthplace of Paris. The cathedral is almost nine hundred years old.A little less 200 years were necessary to build the cathedral of the Cathedrals.
Place des Vosges in 1800, in honour of the region which was the first to pay a contribution.
dominate any Paris top of its 130 meters and get its name of the Mount of the Martyrs. A convent of nones installed on the hillock in XII century and became the seat of a powerful abbey near the Basilica of Sacred Heart.
Built between 1862-1875, its architect was Charles Garnier, the Opéra Garnier is a large building, it has a total area of 11 000 square metres and a vast stage with room for up to 450 artists and only 2 200 seats.
The Panthéon is a building in the Latin Quarter in Paris, France. It was originally built as a church dedicated to St. Genevieve, but after many vicissitudes now combines liturgical functions with its role as a famous burial place.
La Défense is one of Paris major central business districts located at the west of the city and ending the Great Historical Axis starting at the Louvre and crossing the Champs-Élysées and the Arc de Triomphe.
The Champ de Mars is a large public green-space in Paris, France, located in the 7th arrondissement, between the Eiffel Tower to the northwest and the École Militaire to the southeast.
Montmartre is a hill in the north of Paris, France, in the 18th arrondissement, a part of the Right Bank, primarily known for the white-domed Basilica of the Sacré Cœur on its summit. The community on the hill is also called "Montmartre".


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