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Monuments
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ARC DE TRIOMPHE
Monument built in honour of the French Army and inaugurated... |
CONCIERGERIE
This important vestige of the Capetian Palace is a... |
HOTEL DE VILLE
Seat of the Paris City Council. The first municipality was... |
MUSEE DU LOUVRE
The Louvre Museum presents collections of western art from... |
PANTHEON
Masterpiece by Soufflot (1713-1780) and former church, the... |
SAINTE CHAPELLE
Jewel of gothic architecture, the Sainte Chapelle was built... |
TOUR EIFFEL
The most famous monument in the world (324 metres, 10 100... |
PONT NEUF
The Pont-Neuf is the oldest of Paris bridges and the first... |
MUSEE D'ORSAY
The Orsay Railway Station, built by architect Victor Laloux,... |
Champs-Élysées
The glamour of the Champs-Élysées, particularly its upper... |
La Defense
"La Defense", whose lines can be followed to the Arc de... |
Notre-Dame
The cathedral, a masterpiece of Gothic art, has witnessed... |
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Notre-dame
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Description
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The cathedral, a masterpiece of Gothic art, has witnessed some of the greatest events in history, from the barefoot Saint-Louis, wearing the Crown of Thorns (1239) to the commemoration ceremony for Général de Gaulle (1970), not forgetting the crowning of Napoleon (1804) and the celebration of the Liberation of Paris (1944)!
A stained-glass gem...
Fifteen magnificent 15-metre high stained-glass windows transfuse an exquisitely coloured luminosity.
Sainte-Chapelle was constructed to house the holy relics of the Passion: a small piece of the cross and Christ’s famous Crown of Thorns, which were said to have cost Louis IX (Saint-Louis) three times as much as the construction of the building Sainte-Chapelle
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Place du Parvis de Notre Dame
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