Category Archives: Historic Sites

Guide Tour of Tour Saint-Jacques, Paris, France

The Saint James’s Tower is a monument located in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France, at the intersection of Rue de Rivoli with Rue Nicolas Flamel. This 52-metre (171 ft) Flamboyant Gothic tower is all that remains of the former 16th-century Church of Saint-Jacques-de-la-Boucherie (“Saint James of the butchers”), which…

Guide Tour of Tour Saint-Jacques, Paris, France

Guide Tour of Hôtel de Ville, Paris, France

The Hôtel de Ville is the city hall of Paris, France, standing on the Place de l’Hôtel-de-Ville – Esplanade de la Libération in the 4th arrondissement. It has been the headquarters of the municipality of Paris since 1357. It serves multiple functions, housing the local government council, since 1977 the…

Guide Tour of Hôtel de Ville, Paris, France

Notre-Dame de Paris, France

Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral is one of the most iconic monuments in Paris and France. The cathedral is linked to many episodes in the history of France. Built in the 12th century,, its construction spanned approximately two centuries. modified in the 18th century then restored in the 19th century, it…

Notre-Dame de Paris, France

Art and Treasury of Notre-Dame de Paris, France

Since its construction Notre-Dame has received often sumptuous donations. Sovereigns and nobles thus demonstrated their attachment to the Church and their patronage. It is most often in the form of donations that the objects entered the Treasury. Under the Ancien Régime, all the kings and many of their family members…

Art and Treasury of Notre-Dame de Paris, France

Architecture and Decoration of Notre-Dame de Paris, France

The construction of the Cathedral began in the middle of the 12th century and was spread over two hundred years. It is a masterpiece of Gothic architecture in France. The cathedral, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, is considered one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture. Several of its…

Architecture and Decoration of Notre-Dame de Paris, France

History of Notre-Dame de Paris, France

History of Notre-Dame de Paris, France

Napoleon at Fontainebleau, Château de Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, France

Fontainebleau experienced a particularly sumptuous period under the First Empire (1804-1815), during Napoleon I’s visits (1804, 1807, 1809, 1810), which were full of political and family events, the Emperor’s deep attachment to the palace was confirmed. A new lease of life given to the palace, which had been stripped of…

Napoleon at Fontainebleau, Château de Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, France

Guide Tour of Panthéon, Paris, France

The Panthéon is a monument in the Latin Quarter of Paris, France. It stands in the Latin Quarter, atop the Montagne Sainte-Geneviève, in the centre of the Place du Panthéon, which was named after it. It was conceived by Louis XV as a grand neo-classical church honouring St. Geneviève, the…

Guide Tour of Panthéon, Paris, France

Train Stations in Paris, France

France has one of the most developed railway systems in the world. The railway system is convenient, safe and economical. Paris has a significant number of railway stations, stemming both from the history of the development of French railways and from the needs to serve the city finely. These large-scale…

Train Stations in Paris, France

French Senate,Luxembourg Palace, Paris, France

The Luxembourg Palace is located at 15 rue de Vaugirard in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. The Palais du Luxembourg was built as a residence for former Queen of France Marie de’ Medici in 1625. Built in the Italianate style, and inspired by Florence’s Pitti Palace. Since 1958 it has…

French Senate,Luxembourg Palace, Paris, France

Palais Bourbon, Paris, France

The Palais Bourbon is a government building located in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, on the left bank of the Seine, across from the Place de la Concorde. It is the seat of the French National Assembly, the lower legislative chamber of the French government. The centre of parliamentary life,…

Palais Bourbon, Paris, France

Guide Tour of Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France

The Musée d’Orsay is a museum in Paris, multidisciplinary museum exhibiting the richest collection of Impressionist and post-Impressionist paintings in the world in the former Gare d’Orsay in Paris. Its collections present Western art from 1848 to 1914, in all its diversity: painting, sculpture, decorative arts, graphic art, photography, architecture,…

Guide Tour of Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France

Guide Tour of Les Invalides, Paris, France

Les Invalides (formally the Hôtel national des Invalides) is a complex of buildings in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France, containing museums and monuments, all relating to the military history of France, as well as a hospital and a retirement home for war veterans. This immense architectural complex, designed by…

Guide Tour of Les Invalides, Paris, France

Guide Tour of the Hôtel de la Marine, Paris, France

The hôtel de la Marine is an historic building located on place de la Concorde in Paris, to the east of rue Royale. The Hôtel de la Marine is an iconic monument on Place de la Concorde and a fine architectural ensemble that Ange-Jacques Gabriel, the king’s chief architect, made…

Guide Tour of the Hôtel de la Marine, Paris, France

Guide Tour of the Place de la Concorde, Paris, France

The Place de la Concorde is one of the major public squares in Paris, which covers 8.64 hectares, is the largest square in the French capital. Place de la Concorde has played a major part in the history of France. Today it is famous for the Luxor Obelisk, a 3,300…

Guide Tour of the Place de la Concorde, Paris, France

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