Paris - Ile De France
Centre Pompidou – Beaubourg – Historic Paris
The National Art and Culture Centre Pompidou, a controversial multicolored glass, steel and pvc building erected in the heart of the historical Paris
Catacombes – Paris Underground Necropolis
The Catacombes were created in underground quarries in order to store the 6 million skeletons recovered from the old Parisian cemeteries
Canal Saint Martin flows through Paris
Canal Saint Martin, once built for the transport of goods and supply of drinking water to Paris, is now used for river cruises
Buttes Chaumont – Park in Belleville – Paris
The luxuriant Parc des Buttes Chaumont, the 3rd largest park in Paris, was landscaped in the 1860s on a barren hill located in the village of Belleville
Bouquinistes – street booksellers of Paris
The Bouquinistes – street booksellers of Paris have a license granted by the city but are the only traders allowed to sell in the street without paying tax
Jardin des Plantes – Botanical Garden Paris
The Jardin des Plantes of Paris includes the Museum of Natural History and the Botanical Gardens and is considered the Mecca of Natural Sciences
Parc de Bercy – Public garden Paris
The Parc de Bercy was landscaped in 1997 on the site of the former official Wine Warehouses of Paris, and is the second largest Parisian public park
Arenes de Lutece – the Roman amphitheatre
The restored Arenes de Lutece is the amphitheatre-arena built around 200AD in antic Paris and the oldest Roman monument still standing in the city
Archaeological Crypt Notre Dame – Ile de la Cite
The Archaeological Crypt Notre Dame, a museum in situ located under the cathedral square, exhibits the vestiges of the Roman rampart and antic Paris
Arc de Triomphe – Place Charles De Gaulle
The Arc de Triomphe faces the Avenue des Champs Elysées and was built in the early 18th century to commemorate the victories of Emperor Napoleon I
Chateau de Raray, the setting for Cocteau’s Beauty and the Beast movie
Saint-Blaise-des-Simples Chapel, Jean Cocteau’s burial-place
Sorbonne Chapel and Cardinal de Richelieu tomb
Villa Seurat, a showcase of Modernist architecture
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