The Arc de Triomphe is a triumphal arch monument in Paris, located at Place de l’Étoile at the junction of the 8th, 16th, and 17th arrondissements. It stands at the top of the avenue des Champs-Élysées and the avenue de la Grande-Armée.
The Catacombs of Paris are a municipal ossuary formed in old underground quarries beneath the city. About 1.7 kilometres are open to visitors, around twenty metres below the surface, and the site is part of the Museum of the City of Paris.
The Panthéon is a monument in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, standing in the Latin Quarter at the center of the square named after it. Built between 1758 and 1790, it began as a church dedicated to Saint Genevieve and later became a mausoleum.
Père Lachaise Cemetery is the largest cemetery in Paris intra muros, located in the XX arrondissement. It is one of the world’s most famous cemeteries and contains the graves of numerous notable people.
Place de la Concorde is a public square in Paris, located in the 8th arrondissement at the eastern end of the Champs-Élysées. It is the largest square in Paris and has had several names during its history.
The Cemetery of Saint-Tropez is the town’s current burial ground, whose history reflects changes in local burial practices from medieval chapels and the parish church to later cemeteries outside the walls.
The Élysée Palace is an old Parisian mansion on rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. It has served as the headquarters of the French Presidency and the official residence of the head of state since the Third Republic.
Promenade des Anglais is a seafront avenue in Nice facing the Baie des Anges. Lined with prestigious hotels, it is closely linked to the beginnings of international tourism and is among the city’s best-known urban places.
La Madeleine, or église Sainte-Marie-Madeleine, is a Catholic place of worship in the Champs-Élysées area of Paris’s VIII arrondissement. It houses the parish of the same name and was designated a historic monument of France in 1915.
Montparnasse Cemetery, originally called Cimetière du Sud, is a Paris cemetery created in 1824 as part of urban planning reforms. It contains notable graves, individual memorials, and monuments linked to the events of 1870 and 1871.
The Strasbourg astronomical clock is located in the Notre-Dame Cathedral of Strasbourg. Its history includes an early clock known as the clock of the Three Kings, followed by a later astronomical clock designed in phases and transformed in the 19th century.
Place de la Bastille is a square in Paris associated with the former Bastille fortress. Its history includes medieval fortifications, later use as a prison, and the events of 14 July 1789, which gave the site lasting symbolic importance.
Le Génie de la Liberté, also known as Le Génie de la Bastille, is a gilt bronze statue by Auguste Dumont created in 1836. It crowns the July Column at Place de la Bastille in Paris.
Palais Bourbon is a governmental palace in Paris’s seventh district, on the left bank of the Seine opposite Place de la Concorde. It serves as the seat of the National Assembly and includes the Hôtel de Lassay on its west side.
Montmartre Cemetery is a cemetery in the 18th arrondissement of Paris. It covers 11 hectares and is the third largest cemetery in the city, smaller than Père-Lachaise, Montparnasse, and the eastern cemetery.
The Vendôme Column is a victory column in Paris, 44 metres high and covered in bronze. Its shaft rises on a porphyry base and is decorated with spiral bas-reliefs showing trophies and battle scenes, topped by a statue of Napoléon.
Brasserie Georges is a brewery and restaurant in Lyon, founded in 1836 by brewer Georges Hoffherr. Its dining room was redecorated in 1924 in Art Deco style, and the site is known for its historic interior and large service capacity.
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.
The July Column is a victory column erected in Paris’s Place de la Bastille between 1835 and 1840. It commemorates the July Revolution of 1830, known as the Three Glorious Days, and is built over a necropolis containing the bodies of revolutionaries.
The Colonne Louis-XVI is a 28-metre-high monument in Nantes, France, located at the centre of Place Maréchal-Foch. It stands on a pedestal and is topped with a statue of the king of France, shown as a Roman emperor.
Passy Cemetery is a Parisian cemetery opened in 1820 near the Champs-Élysées on the Right Bank. Located behind the Trocadéro and in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower, it became an aristocratic necropolis of Paris by 1874.
The Muséum national d'histoire naturelle is France’s National Museum of Natural History and a higher education institution linked to Sorbonne University. Its main museum in Paris, within the Jardin des Plantes, includes four galleries.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral is a Russian Orthodox cathedral church at 12 Rue Daru in Paris’s 8th arrondissement. It is under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Orthodox Churches of Russian Tradition in Western Europe and conducts services in Church Slavonic, with some crypt services in French.
The Wall of the Farmers-General was one of the walls of Paris, built from 1784 to 1790. It was 24 kilometers long and served a fiscal function, allowing the Ferme Générale to charge taxes on goods entering the city.
Fontaine des Trois Grâces is a marble group sculpture created by Étienne Dantoine in 1777 and located in Montpellier. It represents the Three Graces from Greek mythology and is classified as a monument historique.
The Column of the Goddess is a commemorative victory column inaugurated at the Grand'Place de Lille. It marks the heroism of the people of Lille during the siege of 1792 and is topped by a statue of a woman holding a boutefeu.
Errancis Cemetery, also known as Cimetière de Monceau or Cimetière de Mousseaux, was an ancient cemetery of the French Revolution in Paris’s 8th arrondissement. It was one of four Revolutionary Paris cemeteries used for bodies executed by guillotine.
The Musée des Arts et Métiers is a science and technology museum of the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers in Paris. Founded in 1794, it is housed in the former Prieuré royal Saint-Martin-des-Champs and preserves machines, models, and drawings from across its history.
Odéon–Théâtre de l'Europe is a French theatre in Paris, located at place de l'Odéon. Inaugurated in 1782, it is an Italian-style building with neoclassical facades and historic significance.
The Chapelle des Carmélites is a 17th-century Catholic chapel on rue du Périgord in Toulouse, France. Built for the Carmelite convent, it contains murals by Jean-Pierre Rivalz and paintings by Jean-Baptiste Despax, and it is the convent’s only surviving building.
Saint-Nicolas-du-Chardonnet is a church building in Paris, at 23 rue des Bernardins near rue Saint-Victor in the quartier Saint-Victor. Rebuilt on the site of an earlier structure, it was completed in 1937.
Palais Rohan is a city palace in Strasbourg, built next to Strasbourg Cathedral in the 1730s and completed in 1742. It was the former residence of the prince-bishops and cardinals of the House of Rohan and now houses several museums.
The Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille is an art museum in northern France, opened in 1809. It houses collections spanning prehistory, antiquity, and visual arts from the Middle Ages to the present.
Madeleine Cemetery was an 18th-century parish cemetery in Paris, associated with Revolutionary burials and later dismantled. It was named for Saint Mary Magdalene and later replaced in part by the Chapelle Expatoire.
One-Two-Two was a brothel at 122 rue de Provence in Paris, named after its address. Active in the 1930s and 1940s, it was among the city’s most luxurious and well-known establishments.
Place du Tertre is the main square of the former village of Montmartre, in Paris. Known for its artists and terraces, it is one of the city’s most visited places.
The Departure of the Volunteers of 1792 is a monumental stone bas-relief by François Rude, created between 1833 and 1836. Installed on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, it shows volunteers moving left under an allegorical winged Victory.
Place de Clichy is a square in Paris on the site of the former barrière de Clichy. It was known as place and barrière de Clichy from 1789 to 1814 and was later fully classified in the Paris roadway in 1864.
Musée Fabre is the principal art museum of Montpellier. It was created after François-Xavier Fabre proposed donating his collections to the city in 1824, on the condition that a museum be built to house them. The museum opened after three years of work financed by the municipality.
Notre-Dame-de-Lorette is a Catholic place of worship in Paris, located on rue de Châteaudun in the 9th arrondissement. It belongs to the parish of the same name in the Archdiocese of Paris and is near the Le Peletier and Notre-Dame-de-Lorette metro stations.
The Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon is a municipal museum on place des Terreaux in Lyon, France, housed in the former abbaye de Saint-Pierre-les-Nonnains. It is more commonly known as palais Saint-Pierre and was formally established during the French Revolution.
Galerie Vivienne is a covered passage in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris. It is privately owned but open to pedestrians during public hours, and is known for its Pompeian neo-classical decor, glass roof, and original gallery and rotunda.