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History
Père Lachaise Cemetery
A historic cemetery with leafy avenues and monuments to notable Parisians.
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Paris.
Discover the top attractions and places to visit in Paris. Explore walking routes and listen to a self-guided audio tour with Tytory.
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Culture
Petit Palais
The City of Paris fine arts museum in a former Universal Exhibition pavilion.
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History
Place de la Bastille
The site of the vanished fortress, the July Column and a modern opera house.
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History
Place de la Concorde
A square with the Luxor Obelisk, shaped by monarchy and revolution.
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Architecture
Place des Vosges
An early seventeenth-century square with red-brick façades and covered arcades.
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Culture
Place du Tertre
A Montmartre square known for its artists and old neighbourhood atmosphere.
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Architecture
Place Vendôme
A formal Parisian square framed by classical façades around the Vendôme Column.
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Architecture
Pont Alexandre III
An ornate bridge created for the Universal Exhibition of 1900.
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Architecture
Pont de Bir-Hakeim
A two-level bridge carrying an elevated Métro line, with views of the Eiffel Tower.
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Architecture
Pont Neuf
Paris’s oldest surviving bridge beside the western tip of the Île de la Cité.
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Architecture
Sacré-Cœur, Paris
The white basilica on the summit of Montmartre overlooking Paris.
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Architecture
Sainte-Chapelle
A thirteenth-century royal Gothic chapel celebrated for its stained glass.
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Architecture
Saint-Sulpice, Paris
A monumental Left Bank church containing an astronomical gnomon.
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Culture
Shakespeare and Company (bookstore)
An English-language bookshop beside the Seine with a twentieth-century literary history.
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