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Moulin Rouge
The Moulin Rouge is the world's most famous cabaret, sitting at the foot of Montmartre in the Pigalle district of Paris. Its red windmill has been a symbol of Parisian nightlife since it opened on October 6, 1889, the sa…
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The Wall of Love (Le Mur de je t'aime)
The Wall of Love is a public art installation in the small Jehan Rictus garden in Montmartre, where the words "I love you" are written 311 times in more than 250 languages. Created in 2000 by calligrapher Frederic Baron…
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Pont des Arts
The Pont des Arts is a pedestrian bridge crossing the Seine between the Institut de France and the Louvre, and it has one of the most storied histories of any bridge in Paris. The original bridge, completed in 1804, was…
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Shakespeare & Company
Shakespeare & Company is an English-language bookshop on the Left Bank of the Seine, across from Notre-Dame Cathedral. It has been a gathering place for writers, readers, and wanderers since 1951. The shop was opened by…
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Musée de Montmartre
The Musee de Montmartre is the neighbourhood's own museum, housed in a cluster of 17th-century buildings on Rue Cortot that once served as home and studio to some of the most famous artists in history. Pierre-Auguste Re…
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Luxembourg Gardens
The Luxembourg Gardens are the most beloved park in Paris, 23 hectares of formal gardens, tree-lined promenades, and open lawns on the Left Bank, surrounding the Luxembourg Palace. The gardens were created in 1612 by Ma…
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Palais Garnier
The Palais Garnier is one of the most opulent buildings in Paris and the setting that inspired Gaston Leroux's "The Phantom of the Opera." It opened on January 5, 1875, and remains one of the world's most celebrated oper…
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Place des Vosges
Place des Vosges is the oldest planned square in Paris and one of the most elegant public spaces in Europe. Hidden behind the narrow streets of the Marais, it catches most visitors by surprise with its perfect symmetry a…
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Saint Paul Saint Louis Church
The Church of Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis is a landmark of the Marais district and the first church in Paris to completely abandon the Gothic style in favour of Baroque architecture. The church was built between 1627 and 164…
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Place de la Concorde
Place de la Concorde is the largest public square in Paris and one of the most historically charged places in France. Sitting at the eastern end of the Champs-Elysees, it connects some of the most important landmarks in …
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Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris
Notre-Dame de Paris is one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture and the most visited monument in Paris. Standing on the Ile de la Cite, the island in the Seine where Paris was born, the cathedral has been…
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Pantheon
The Pantheon is a neoclassical monument in the Latin Quarter, originally built as a church but transformed during the French Revolution into a secular mausoleum honouring France's greatest citizens. The building was com…
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Église de Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Saint-Germain-des-Pres is the oldest church in Paris, with parts of the current building dating back over 1,000 years. It sits at the heart of the Left Bank neighbourhood that bears its name. The church was founded in 5…
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Sainte-Chapelle
Sainte-Chapelle is a Gothic chapel on the Ile de la Cite, and its stained glass windows are among the most breathtaking in the world. When sunlight streams through 1,113 panels of 13th-century glass, the entire interior …
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Sacre Coeur
Sacré-Coeur crowns the hill of Montmartre in white stone that stays pale because it self-cleans in the rain. The steps below it are one of the great free views over Paris. The funicular saves the climb.
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Place Vendôme
Place Vendôme is an elegant octagonal square in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, laid out at the end of the 17th century for Louis XIV. Today it is known for its uniform stone facades, the bronze column at its centre, th…
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Grand Palais
The Grand Palais is a glass-roofed exhibition hall in Paris, built for the 1900 Exposition Universelle and still one of the city's great venues for art, fashion and large events. It stands at Place Clemenceau in the 8th …
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Conciergerie
The Conciergerie is a medieval royal palace on the Île de la Cité in Paris, later turned into a courthouse and prison. It is best known as the place where Queen Marie-Antoinette was held in 1793 before her execution, dur…
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Pont Neuf
Pont Neuf is the oldest surviving bridge across the Seine in Paris, crossing the river at the western tip of the Île de la Cité. Despite its name, which means New Bridge, it was completed in the early 1600s under Henri I…
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Tour Saint-Jacques
The Tour Saint-Jacques is a 52-metre Flamboyant Gothic bell tower on the Right Bank of Paris, near Châtelet and the Seine. It is all that remains of the church of Saint-Jacques-de-la-Boucherie, which was pulled down afte…
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Musée de Cluny
The Musée de Cluny, officially the National Museum of the Middle Ages, stands in the Latin Quarter of Paris at 28 Rue du Sommerard. It is built around two layers of the city's past, a Gallo-Roman bath complex and a late …
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Le Grand Véfour
Le Grand Véfour is a historic restaurant beneath the arcades of the Palais-Royal in Paris, at 17 Rue de Beaujolais. It has served diners since the late 18th century, and its painted, gilded dining rooms are among the mos…
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Musée des Arts Décoratifs
The Musée des Arts Décoratifs is a museum of decorative arts and design at 107 Rue de Rivoli in Paris, housed in the Marsan wing of the Louvre palace. It brings together furniture, ceramics, glass, tapestries, jewellery,…
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Fontaine du Palmier
The Fontaine du Palmier is a Napoleonic monument in the middle of Place du Châtelet in Paris, built to celebrate military victories. Its tall column, shaped like a palm trunk and crowned by a figure of Victory, is covere…
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Saint Michael Fountain
The Saint-Michel Fountain (Fontaine Saint-Michel) is a monumental wall fountain on Place Saint-Michel in Paris, where the Latin Quarter meets the Seine. Designed by the architect Gabriel Davioud and completed around 1860…
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Romantic Paris: A Forbidden Love Adventure along the Seine
101 min · EN · FR
Places on this quest: Conciergerie · Église de Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Historical Paris: Occupation & Liberation Story
57 min · EN · NL · ES · IT · FR
Places on this quest: Pont Neuf · Place de la Concorde
Mystical Paris: A History of Magic
61 min · EN · FR · IT · ES · NL
Places on this quest: Saint Michael Fountain · Fontaine du Palmier
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