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.
Le Zouave du pont de l'Alma is a stone statue created by Georges Diebolt in 1856. It is one of four sculptures made for the former Pont de l’Alma and the only one still at the original site in Paris.
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.
Place Charles-de-Gaulle is a square in Paris centered on the Arc de Triomphe. Renamed in 1970 from place de l’Étoile, it remains commonly known by that former name and is marked by a star-shaped layout.
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.
Bordeaux Cathedral is a Catholic cathedral in Bordeaux, historically linked to Saint-André and documented from 814. It became an important church in Aquitaine, with Romanesque origins, later Gothic rebuilding, and association with Eleanor of Aquitaine.
The Paris 2024 cauldron is the official Olympic and Paralympic flame structure installed in the Jardin des Tuileries. Designed by Mathieu Lehanneur, it combines a circular metallic cauldron, a balloon support, and electrically illuminated water mist.
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.
The Monument to the Republic is a monumental statuary complex in Place de la République, Paris. Inaugurated in 1883, it presents an allegory of the French Republic, with Marianne atop a stone pedestal and surrounding sculptures symbolizing republican ideals.
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.
The Communards' Wall is a memorial wall in the southeast corner of Père-Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. It marks the place where Communards were executed by the Versailles army at the end of the Bloody Week in 1871 and later became a major site of remembrance.
Place du Trocadéro is a square on the heights of Chaillot in Paris, at the crossroads of several avenues. Planted with trees, it includes an equestrian statue of maréchal Foch and opens onto the Palais de Chaillot and the parvis des droits de l'homme.
Rue Mouffetard is one of the oldest streets in Paris, dating from the Late Empire or the 4th or 5th century. It is a busy Latin Quarter street and the main street of the Saint-Médard suburb.
Lyon Cathedral is the seat of the archdiocese of Lyon and holds the status of cathedral and primatial church. It stands in the fifth arrondissement of Lyon, in the medieval and Renaissance district of Vieux Lyon.
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.
Église Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis is a church on rue Saint-Antoine in the Marais quarter of Paris. Built between 1627 and 1641 for Louis XIII, it was the first church in Paris to use Jesuit Baroque style instead of Gothic and influenced later religious architecture.
Bois de Vincennes is a forest and urban park on the eastern edge of Paris, France. Created between 1855 and 1866 by Napoleon III, it is the largest public park in Paris and includes gardens, sports facilities, and a zoo.
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.
Jardin des Plantes is the main botanical garden in France, located in Paris’s 5th arrondissement on the left bank of the Seine. It includes museums, greenhouses, and a small zoo.
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.
Flame of Liberty is a monument in Paris overlooking the west entrance of the Pont de l'Alma tunnel. Located at Place Diana, it is a full-scale reproduction of the torch held by the Statue of Liberty in New York.
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.
Avenue Montaigne is a 615-meter avenue in Paris, running from Place de l’Alma to the rond-point des Champs-Élysées. It marks the southern edge of the triangle d’or and is served by metro stations Alma - Marceau and Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Nice, France, is an Orthodox church near boulevard Tzaréwitch and avenue Nicolas II. It belongs to the Korsun Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church and is one of Nice’s most famous landmarks.
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 Stravinsky Fountain is a whimsical public fountain in Paris created in 1983 by Jean Tinguely and Niki de Saint Phalle. It features sixteen sculptures inspired by the works of composer Igor Stravinsky.
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.
Place du Général-de-Gaulle is the historic main square of Lille, in Hauts-de-France. A grand-place with a mineral, paved character, it remains a center for celebrations, markets, exchanges, and the Lille braderie.
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.
The Chapelle Expiatoire is a church building in Paris’s 8th arrondissement, within a religious and commemorative ensemble dedicated to victims of the French Revolution, including the royal couple. It stands on the former cemetery of La Madeleine and was built between 1816 and 1826.
The Elephant of the Bastille was a Napoleonic project for a monumental fountain planned for Place de la Bastille in Paris. It was to be supplied by water from the Ourcq via the Canal Saint-Martin and crowned by a colossal elephant with a tower-shaped howdah.
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.
Parc de la Villette is a 55-hectare urban park in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. Designed by Bernard Tschumi in 1982, it occupies the site of the former slaughterhouse and livestock market.
Church of St Joan of Arc is a church building noted for its 13 stained glass windows, created between 1520 and 1530. Many were originally part of the choir of the old Saint-Vincent church and were sheltered in 1939.
Place de la Nation is a square in Paris served by metro lines 1, 2, 6, and 9 and RER A. Its center features the garden of Marianne and Le Triomphe de la République by Jules Dalou.
Jardin d'Acclimatation is a 19-hectare amusement park and zoo at the edge of the Bois de Boulogne, between porte de Neuilly and porte des Sablons. It runs along boulevard Maurice-Barrès in Neuilly-sur-Seine and is open every day of the year.
Charlemagne et ses Leudes is a monumental bronze equestrian group on the Parvis Notre-Dame in Paris. It depicts Charlemagne in old age with Roland and Oliver, his guards, and reflects a long history of planning, exhibition, and relocation.
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.
Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume is an art museum in Paris with origins in a former tennis court in the Tuileries Gardens. It later became known for exhibitions linked to the Louvre and the Musée de l’Orangerie and for its wartime history.