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Le Centre Georges Pompidou (The George Pompidou Centre) 19 Apr 2012 | 11:01 pm
With its facades made of strident coloured tubing, the Pompidou Centre is like a gigantic ship posed in the heart of one of the oldest parts ofParis, halfway between the Forum des Halles and the Marai...
Bastille 17 Apr 2012 | 06:16 pm
What remains of the Bastille, the famous state prison, taken over on July 14, 1789? There remains little in material terms but a great deal in human terms, for behind the Bastille it was a matter of a...
Mémoires Juives (Jewish Memories) 17 Apr 2012 | 01:14 am
You come to a large square with a bronze cylinder in the centre, evoking the chimneys of the concentration camps. At the far end on a high impenetrable wall there is the Star of David. On the left, i...
La Maison de Victor Hugo (Victor Hugo’s House) 13 Apr 2012 | 09:13 pm
One of the finest pavilions of the Place desVosgesto visit is the Hôtel de Rohan-Guéménée which, since 1903, has housed a museum dedicated to Victor Hugo (1802 to 1885). In 1832, the romantic writer, ...
Le Marais (The Swamp) 12 Apr 2012 | 10:06 pm
This is one of the oldest quarters ofParis, with narrow cobbled streets, passages, courtyards and shady squares, as well as stately homes, palaces and the superb Place desVosgeswhich is a model of har...
The Sainte-Chapelle (Saint Chapel) 11 Apr 2012 | 07:22 pm
The top of its spire can be seen from the right or left banks of the Seine, but once in front of the Palais de Justice (courthouse) it seems to have disappeared as if by magic! Yet it is on this Ile d...
Notre-Dame de Paris 10 Apr 2012 | 08:15 pm
It is one of the strongest symbols of the capital to be admired from the Quai de la Toumelle (Toumelle Quay), where the view of its chevet, with dramatic flying buttresses and grey-green copper spire,...
Ile Saint-Louis (Saint Louis Island) 9 Apr 2012 | 07:08 pm
Here is a nice stroll, setting off wherever the fancy takes you, where you just have to let yourself be carried along by the charm of this island in the middle of Paris. In fact, walking along the sha...
L’Ile de la Cité (City Island) 8 Apr 2012 | 07:07 am
This island in the Seine, where fishermen fromGaulsettled from 200 BC has not just by chance become the place of attraction for tourists worldwide. The center of the ancient Lutèce (Lutetia), connecte...
The Banks of the Seine 8 Apr 2012 | 07:05 am
The Seine beats like a heart withinParisand bathes its shores rich in stories and emotions. Classified by UNESCO as a world heritage site, the banks of the Seine from the Pont de Sully (SullyBridge) t...
