Philharmonie de Paris is a French cultural center in Paris, with a concert hall named Pierre Boulez, exhibition spaces, educational workshops, and rehearsal rooms. It is part of the Cité de la musique - Philharmonie de Paris establishment.
Arles Amphitheatre, also known as Les arènes d'Arles, is a Roman amphitheatre in Arles built under Emperor Domitian during the Flavian extensions of the city. It is the most important monument of the ancient Roman colony.
Crazy Horse is a cabaret at 12, avenue George-V in the Champs-Élysées district of Paris. Founded in 1951 by Alain Bernardin, it is known for shows with an emphasis on absolute aesthetics and a distinctive stage identity.
Musée Carnavalet in Paris is dedicated to the history of the city. It occupies the Hôtel Carnavalet and the former Hôtel Le Peletier de Saint Fargeau, and displays furnished rooms, historic objects, and paintings of Paris life.
Hôtel Matignon is a palace and private mansion in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, at 57 Rue de Varenne. It serves as the official residence of the Prime Minister of France, and the name Matignon is used as a metonym for the prime minister’s governmental action.
The Musée de Cluny is a national museum in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, in the Quartier Latin. Housed in the hôtel de Cluny, it includes the Cluny thermal baths and holds an important collection of medieval objects and artworks.
Westfield La Part-Dieu is a shopping center in Lyon’s Part-Dieu district, facing the Part-Dieu train station. It has five levels, more than 305 stores, and entrances on several surrounding streets.
The Temple was an ancient Parisian fortress in the north of the Marais. Built by the Templars from 1240, it later became a prison and was destroyed in 1808.
Musée du quai Branly is a national museum in Paris, Île-de-France, at 37, quai Branly. Its ethnology collections include African, Asian, Oceanian, and American arts, from antiquity to modern times.
Lyon 25 is a staircase associated with the Palais des congrès de Lyon in Cité Internationale, Lyon. It gained notoriety in 2002 after being used for the video Sorry by Ali Boulala, and later became known through a 2014 attempt by Aaron "Jaws" Homoki.
Stade Charléty, also called stade Sébastien-Charléty, is a multi-sport complex in Paris’s 13th arrondissement. It includes a stadium, training field, sports hall, specialized rooms, and tennis and squash courts, and houses major French sports institutions.
Palais Nikaïa is a performance hall in Nice, in the Alpes-Maritimes, located near the Grenoble road in the Var plain. Built in 2000 and 2001, it is a large multi-purpose venue with adjustable seating.
Musée Marmottan Monet is a fine arts museum in Paris. It presents art objects and paintings from the First Empire, works by Impressionist painters, and the world’s largest collection of Claude Monet.
Opéra Bastille is a modern opera house in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, inaugurated in 1989 as part of François Mitterrand’s Grands Travaux. It is the main facility of the Paris National Opera.
LUMA Arles is an interdisciplinary cultural center in Arles, France, initiated by the Luma Foundation. It combines art, research, architecture, and environmental protection, and offers space for artistic experimentation and collaboration.
Hôtel Lutetia is a luxury hotel at 45 boulevard Raspail in Paris’s Notre-Dame-des-Champs district. Built in 1910, it has long been associated with prestigious hotel reception, wartime occupation, and later postwar memory.
The National School of Arts and Techniques of Theater, or ENSATT, is one of France’s twelve national theatre schools. Founded in Paris in 1941, it later moved to Lyon in 1997 and operates as a public institution under the Ministry of Higher Education and Research.
Zénith de Dijon is a concert hall located in the former Parc de la Toison d'Or, near the Toison d'Or shopping center north of Dijon. Opened as the eleventh venue of its name in France, it is one of the largest Zéniths in the country.
Hôtel-Dieu de Paris is a hospital complex on the Île de la Cité in Paris, at the north edge of the parvis Notre-Dame. Founded around 650 by Saint Landry, it is the oldest hospital in Paris.
Jetée-Promenade de Nice was an old structure built on stilts over the sea in Nice in 1882. Intended for recreation and tourism, it especially aimed to attract English visitors. It was destroyed in 1944.
The Musée d'histoire naturelle - Guimet was a former French natural history museum in Lyon, located at 28 boulevard des Belges near Parc de la Tête-d'Or. It closed and its collections were later transferred to the musée des Confluences.
La Pagode is a movie theater at 57 bis rue de Babylone in Paris’s 7th District, on the corner of rue de Babylone and rue Monsieur. It is known for its Japanese-style room and garden and is considered one of the city’s most unusual cinema venues.
Musée Rodin is an art museum in Paris, opened in 1919 and dedicated primarily to the works of Auguste Rodin. It is based at the Hôtel Biron and surrounding grounds.
Les arènes de Lutèce is a Gallo-Roman amphitheater in Paris. It combines a stage and an arena, and was rediscovered in the 19th century after long obscurity.
Hôtel-Dieu de Lyon is a historic building complex on the peninsula of Lyon, on the west bank of the Rhône in the Bellecour district. Formerly a hospital, it has been converted into a mixed-use site.
Le Liberté is a concert hall and former sports venue in downtown Rennes, located between Esplanade Charles-de-Gaulle and Boulevard de la Liberté. It is near Les Champs Libres, the multiplex cinema, the Théâtre national de Bretagne, and Rennes railway station.
The Musée des Arts Décoratifs is a Parisian museum in the Marsan wing of the Palais du Louvre on rue de Rivoli. It preserves one of the world’s major collections of decorative arts and promotes applied fine arts.
Zénith Paris – La Villette is a concert hall and multi-purpose venue in Parc de la Villette, in Paris’s 19th arrondissement. It has a maximum capacity of 6,804 seats and was built in 1983.
Salle Pleyel is a concert and performance hall in Paris, inaugurated in 1927 and designed in Art Deco style. It was a major French symphonic venue until 2015 and has been listed as a historic monument since 1983.
Le Bikini is a rock and contemporary music concert hall. Located near Toulouse, it was in Toulouse until 2001 and has been based in Ramonville-Saint-Agne since 2007.
Stade de Gerland, publicly named Matmut Stadium Gerland, is a multi-purpose sports venue in Lyon’s Gerland district. It is the second largest sports arena in the Lyon metropolitan area, has a seating capacity of 25,000, and is registered as a historical monument.
Musée Jacquemart-André is a museum of fine arts and decorative arts at 158 boulevard Haussmann. Opened to the public in 1913, it occupies a former private residence of art collectors and preserves its original layout.
The Théâtre des Champs-Élysées is an ensemble of three performance halls at 15, avenue Montaigne. Built in 1913, it is regarded as one of the first representatives of Art Deco architecture and includes a restaurant at the top.
Utopia Toulouse was an arthouse cinema and movie theater at 24 rue Montardy near place du Capitole in Toulouse. The site occupied a historic building that had served multiple cultural and public functions over time.
Château de la Muette is a château on rue André-Pascal in Paris, near the Bois de Boulogne and Porte de la Muette. Rebuilt by Henri de Rothschild and designed by Lucien Hesse, it now houses the OECD headquarters.
The ancient theatre of Lyon is one of the main Roman monuments visible in the city. Built below the summit of Fourvière, it stood near the center of the Roman colony and was later enlarged.
The Paris sewers are an underground network for collecting and evacuating runoff water and wastewater. Shaped over centuries, they were transformed under Prefect Haussmann and engineer Eugène Belgrand and can be visited at the Sewer Museum.
Hôtel de Crillon is a hotel at Place de la Concorde in Paris’s 8th arrondissement. Built in 1775 by Louis-François Trouard, it occupies a building with a facade designed by Ange-Jacques Gabriel and later became a palace hotel.
Cirque d'Hiver is a circus building in Paris, constructed in 1852 by architect Jacques Hittorff. Formerly called cirque Napoléon and Cirque national, it is a registered historical monument and now hosts traditional circus, variety shows, and political meetings.
The Académie des beaux-arts is a national art academy and member of the Institut de France. Created in 1816, it is the heir to royal academies of painting, music, and architecture.
Bahadourian is a network of fine grocery stores in Lyon specializing in exotic products. Its history begins with Djebraïl Bahadourian, an Armenian merchant who opened a small grocery store in the Guillotière district.
Palais Longchamp is a neo-classical Second Empire palais and château d'eau in the Cinq-Avenues quarter of Marseille. Inaugurated in 1869, it is listed and classified as a monument historique.
Hôtel Saint-Pol was a former royal residence in Paris on the right bank of the Seine, created during the Hundred Years’ War from four preexisting properties acquired by the Dauphin, future Charles V.
Musée d’Art Moderne is a marble-clad museum building in Paris at 13 avenue du Président-Wilson, beside the Seine near the Palais de Chaillot. Planned for two modern art museums, it now houses major art institutions and exhibition spaces.
Château d’Angers, also known as château des ducs d’Anjou, is a château in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. Built by Louis IX in the 13th century, it stands on a rocky promontory above the Maine.
Palais de l'Industrie was an old exhibition building on the avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris, constructed for the Exposition universelle de 1855. It later hosted artistic salons, the first Exposition internationale d'Électricité, and temporary military hospital use.
Montluc prison is located at 4, rue Jeanne-Hachette in Lyon. Built in 1921 as a military prison on the glacis of fort Montluc, it later became known for its role as a detention place during World War II.
Palais Galliera is a French neo-Renaissance museum on Chaillot hill in Paris’s 16th arrondissement. It holds nearly 100,000 items and one of the world’s most important fashion collections, presenting fashion history from the 18th century to the present.