L’église de la Madeleine, or L’église Sainte-Marie-Madeleine (or simply “La Madeleine”), is a church in the 8th arrondissement of Paris that was designed as a temple to the glory of Napoleon’s army. Three false starts were made on building a church on this site. The first design, commissioned in 1757 with construction begun in 1764, [...]
The Place de l’Étoile is a large Place in Paris, France, the meeting point of twelve straight avenues (hence the name “Star Square”) including the Champs-Élysées which continues to the east. It was renamed Place Charles de Gaulle in 1970 in honor of President de Gaulle, but is still largely referred to by its original name. The square lies in [...]
Although the Parc Monceau is not very large by Paris standards, it is one of the most charming parks in Paris, and only about a half hour’s walk from the Place de l’Opera. It is a park of shady walks, of leafy bowers, of ponds, of imitation natural springs, in fact, of everything that makes [...]
Extending from the Seine all the way to the Rue de Rivoli is the Place de la Concorde, the largest and the most famous single square in Paris. It probably would be possible to come to Paris and miss this square if (a) your hotel was located somewhere in the Latin Quarter and you never [...]
Created in 1667 by André Le Nôtre, Louis XIV’s gardener,in order to improve the view from the Tuileries garden. The avenue was lengthened at the end of the 18th century, running from the Place de la Concorde to the Arc de Triomphe. Two kilometers long and bordered by trees, les Champs-Elysées has become the center for festivities [...]
This is the Arc de Triomphe, a 16-story war monument conceived by Napoleon, designed by architect Jean-François Chalgrin, and built at the top of the avenue des Champs-Elysees. It was constructed between 1810 and 1836. It is possible to reach the roof of the monument by climbing nearly three hundred steps, and the view is [...]
Paris is divided in 20 sections called arrondissement, each arrondissement has it’s own peculiarities and differences. Below we’ve plotted some of the monuments that are related to each of these arrondissement. Now Paris also has districts, such as Saint Germain, Latin Quarter, Montparnasse and more these districts are again different, for example Latin Quarter is straddled on [...]
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