Chateau de Billy in the department of Allier in Auvergne, a fortress once belonging to the Duchy of Bourbon and superb illustration of military architecture
Month: January 2014
Our Lady of Monton – Puy-de-Dome – Auvergne
Our Lady of Monton, the monumental statue of the Virgin Mary built in order to redeem the atrocities of the French Revolution stands next to a WWI German gun
Monton troglodyte dwellings in Puy-de-Dome
Monton troglodyte dwellings near Clermont-Ferrand in the department of Puy-de-Dôme in Auvergne were listed in the inventory of ‘picturesque sites’ in 1987
Paris 20th District – 20eme Arrondissement
Paris 20th District was formed from the merging of Belleville, Ménilmontant and Charonne and includes the Père Lachaise Cemetery and Parc de Belleville
Paris 19th District – 19eme Arrondissement
The once populous and working class Paris 19th District is being rehabilitated and includes La Villette and Buttes Chaumont parks and Belleville district
Paris 18th District – 18eme Arrondissement
Paris 18th District includes the Sacré-Coeur in Montmartre and the Boulevards de Clichy and Rochechouart with the Moulin Rouge, Pigalle and many cabarets
Paris 17th District – 17eme Arrondissement
Paris 17th District was created in the 1860s and includes Porte Maillot, Square des Batignolles and the affluent Monceau, Courcelles, Ternes and Villiers
Paris 16th District – 16eme Arrondissement
Paris 16th district includes the Bois de Boulogne and Bagatelle, Roland-Garros, Parc des Princes, Trocadéro, Passy, Palais de Tokyo and Arc de Triomphe
Paris 15th District – 15eme Arrondissement
Paris 15th District was developed in the Grenelle Pain in the 1840s and includes Beaugrenelle, Parc des Expositions, Parc André-Citroen and Front de Seine
Paris 14th District – 14eme Arrondissement
Paris 14th District was redesigned by Haussmann in the 19th century and includes the Parc Montsouris, Cité Universitaire, Tour Montparnasse, Observatoire
Paris 13th District – 13eme Arrondissement
Paris 13th District developed around the Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins and includes the Salpêtrière Hospital, Austerlitz railway station and China Town
Paris 12th District – 12eme Arrondissement
The green Paris 12th district includes the Parc de Bercy and POPB developed on the former wine warehouses, the Bois de Vincennes, Place and Opera Bastille