Category: Landmarks

Renaissance architectural gem housing Paris\u2019s first public library and historical archivesAt 24 rue Pavée in the 4th arrondissement, the Hôtel … [Read more...]

Félix Duban\u2019s architectural masterpiece training France\u2019s artistic elite for 350 yearsAt 14 rue Bonaparte in the 6th arrondissement, the … [Read more...]

François Mansart\u2019s architectural masterpiece enhanced with Le Brun and Vouet decorationsAt 7 rue de Jouy in the 4th arrondissement, the Hôtel … [Read more...]

The revolutionary passage where Marat published, Danton lived, and the guillotine was bornHidden at 130 Boulevard Saint-Germain in the 6th … [Read more...]

Napoleon\u2019s grand boulevard with Percier and Fontaine\u2019s revolutionary arcaded architectureStretching through the 1st and 4th arrondissements … [Read more...]

Paris\u2019s oldest church transformed into a Byzantine sanctuary in the Latin QuarterIn the heart of the Latin Quarter in the 5th arrondissement, the … [Read more...]

A Flamboyant Gothic masterpiece with extraordinary twisted palm tree columnsIn the heart of the Latin Quarter in the 5th arrondissement, the Église … [Read more...]

A unique Gothic-Renaissance synthesis housing Sainte Geneviève\u2019s shrine and Paris\u2019s only surviving rood screenOn Montagne Sainte-Geneviève … [Read more...]

Stephen of Lexington\u2019s 13th-century Cistercian masterpiece reborn as a cultural beaconAt 20 rue de Poissy in the 5th arrondissement, the Collège … [Read more...]

The Alsatian brasserie that became the literary heart of Saint-Germain-des-PrésAt 151 Boulevard Saint-Germain in the 6th arrondissement, Brasserie … [Read more...]