1. Paris

2. La Tour Eiffel
Built in 1889 for “l’Exposition Universelle” (the World’s Fair) by Gustave Eiffel.
Size: 320 meters (1,050 ft) tall
Weight: 10,000 tons
Material: wrought iron

3. La cathédrale Notre-Dame
Famous cathedral with Rose Window, flying buttresses and gargoyles.
Construction began in 1163 and ended around the mid-1240s.
Exterior structures supporting a wall
A gargoyle serves as a “gutter” and is carved in stone.

4. Le Panthéon
This monument is a temple whose crypt contains the remains of famous French citizens such as Victor Hugo, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Voltaire, and Louis Braille.

5. Le Bois de Boulogne
This large park has 2 racetracks, as well as a stadium, cafés, boating and cycling.

6. Le Palais de Chaillot
The home of the national theater, a maritime museum, and a cinema museum along with a film library.

7. L’Arc de Triomphe
Commemorates Napoléon’s victories. Twelve avenues radiate from its center.

8. La Conciergerie
Monument located on the Ile de la Cité. This former royal palace and prison held the aristocratic “enemies” of France who were awaiting trial or the guillotine during the French Revolution.

9. La Madeleine
This church is on one of the most luxurious streets of Paris. It resembles a Greek temple.

10. La Place de la Bastille
This square has a commemorative column to mark the prison that was destroyed July 14, 1789, beginning the French Revolution.

11. La Place de la Concorde Marks the site of a revolutionary guillotine.
A Egyptian obelisk is located there now. Dating from the 8th century B.C., it is the oldest momunent in Paris!
The obelisk was a gift from Egypt to France in 1830, in honnor of Jean-François Champollion (French scholar and archeologist).
Vue panoramique

12. Les Invalides
Monument containing a military museum and Napoléon’s tomb.

13. Le Louvre
This former fortress houses La Joconde (Mona Lisa), the Venus of Milo (Greek statue depicting Aphrodite), The Crown Jewels of France, and the Coronation of Napoléon (paintings).

14. Les Champs Elysées
The most famous street in Paris. It is used as a gathering point for the people. It runs from the Place de la Concorde to the Place Charles de Gaulle (Arc de Triomphe).

15. La Sorbonne
The principal center of higher education in France. The name is derived from the Collège de Sorbonne, founded it in 1257 by Robert de Sorbon.

16. L’Hôtel de Ville
This monument houses the city government and official reception rooms.

17. Le Sacré-Coeur
It is a basilica dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is located at the top of the butte Montmartre.

18. Le Jardin du Luxembourg
These gardens have many statues, an Italian fountain, as well as a popular theater and game park.

19. Montmartre
This area is well-known for its cafés, nightclubs (le Moulin Rouge) and artists.
The name Montmartre comes from the derivative of “Mont Martyr”.
Saint Denis was the first martyr in the history of Paris. Beheaded around 250 at the top of what is now Montmartre. According to the legend, Saint Denis collected his head under his arm and kept on walking up to the location where the Basilique Saint Denis (necropolis of French Kings) now stands.

20. Le Centre Pompidou
This futuristic multi-purpose cultural center houses a famous modern art collection.

21. Les Tuileries
This beautiful garden’s name comes from the French word for “tiles” which were once made from its clay soil. It was created by Catherine de Medicis en 1564.

22. L’Opéra
The largest and most famous theater in the world, it was built from 1861 to 1875 by Charles Garnier. It has a false ceiling painted by Marc Chagall in It was the setting for Gaston Leroux’s novel Le fantôme de l’Opéra.

23. Le Palais de Justice
L’île de la Cité
La Conciergerie
La Sainte-Chapelle
It is a island located on the Seine river. This area is considered to be the birthplace of Paris as well as its heart and soul. Many famous places can be found here.
Cathédrale Notre-Dame

24. La Seine
It is the name of the famous river that runs through Paris. It rises as Source-Seine (near Dijon) and flows into the English Channel at Le Havre (Normandie).
Les sources de la Seine
In Paris, you can take a tour on one of the bâteaux-mouche and admire the beautiful Parisian bridges. There are 37 of them within the city.

25. Le Quartier Latin
This area is the home of many students from all nationalities. It features book stores, publishing houses and cafés.

26. La Place Vendôme
The 130 foot column is topped by a statue of Napoleon and covered by a bronze metal spiral, melted from 1200 cannon seized at Austerlitz (famous battle of 1805).

27. Le Procope
Inaugurated in 1686, it might be the oldest restaurant in Paris.
At the time, it was a café named after its owner, Francesco Procopio Dei Coltelli.
Famous writers and philosophers , like Voltaire, Diderot or Rousseau, used to go there.
During the French revolution, Danton, Marat and Robespierre used it as their HQ.
Benjamin Franklin was a regular there during his time as minister to France. It is said that he finished writing the text of the Constitution there!