Archive for January 2014
Chateau de Billy – Fortress in Bourbonnais
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
Read MoreOur 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
Read MoreMonton 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
Read MoreParis 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
Read MoreParis 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
Read MoreParis 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
Read MoreParis 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
Read MoreParis 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
Read MoreParis 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
Read MoreParis 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
Read MoreParis 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
Read MoreParis 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
Read MoreParis 11th District – 11eme Arrondissement
The densely populated Paris 11th District is part of the Faubourg St-Antoine the traditional centre of furniture making that grew around St-Antoine Abbey
Read MoreParis 10th District – 10eme Arrondissement
Paris 10th District, the most populated of the capital and dedicated to trade and commerce is laid out around the recently rehabilitated Canal Saint-Martin
Read MoreParis 9th District – 9eme Arrondissement
Paris 9th District includes the Opéra Garnier, Galeries Lafayette, Printemps, Folies Bergères, Olympia, Casino de Paris, Musée Grévin and Grands Boulevards
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