Category: Landmarks

Alphonse Vigoureux\u2019s tribute to the father of paleontology with Feuchère\u2019s allegorical masterpieceAt the corner of rue Cuvier and rue Linné … [Read more...]

Jacques Hermant\u2019s military architecture on the site of France\u2019s second royal necropolisOn Boulevard Henri IV in the 4th arrondissement, the … [Read more...]

Soufflot\u2019s neoclassical law faculty and the world\u2019s second-oldest legal education centerAt Place du Panthéon and rue d\u2019Assas in the 5th … [Read more...]

Charles Le Brun\u2019s baroque masterpiece and sanctuary of traditional Latin liturgyOn rue des Bernardins in the 5th arrondissement, near the Latin … [Read more...]

The Flamboyant Gothic church where Jansenist convulsionnaires shook 18th-century ParisAt 105 rue Mouffetard in the 5th arrondissement, the Église … [Read more...]

Germain Boffrand\u2019s architectural innovation for the royal painter\u2019s nephewAt 49 rue du Cardinal-Lemoine in the 5th arrondissement, the Hôtel … [Read more...]

A commemorative site honoring France\u2019s greatest medieval merchant and royal treasurerIn the 4th arrondissement, this commemorative site honors … [Read more...]

The duc de la Force\u2019s mansion transformed into revolutionary prison and site of September MassacresOn Rue du Roi de Sicile in the 4th … [Read more...]

Jean Androuet du Cerceau\u2019s aristocratic masterpiece for the reconciled League leaderAt 21 rue Saint-Antoine in the 4th arrondissement, the Hôtel … [Read more...]

The medieval Scottish sanctuary and center of Catholic exile educationAt 65 rue du Cardinal-Lemoine in the 5th arrondissement, the former Collège des … [Read more...]