Arab World Institute
The Arab World Institute is a multidisciplinary cultural center in Paris, opened in 1987 in the 5th district on the banks of the Seine. It is dedicated to dialogue between the Arab world, France, and Europe.
Early Modern Public Art
Musée d'Orsay
The Musée d'Orsay is a Parisian national museum on the left bank of the Seine, near the promenade Édouard-Glissant. Opened in 1986, it occupies the former Gare d'Orsay, converted into a museum by decision of President Valéry Giscard d’Estaing.
Stade Jean-Bouin
Stade Jean-Bouin is a multi-purpose sports venue in Paris, inaugurated in 1928 and located near Parc des Princes. It is mainly intended for rugby union and football and is named in honor of French runner Jean Bouin.
Parc des Princes
Parc des Princes is a multi-purpose stadium in the Auteuil district of Paris, partly above the périphérique. Inaugurated in 1897, it is the oldest stadium still in operation in France and has hosted major football, rugby, and concert events.
Montparnasse Tower
Montparnasse Tower is a skyscraper in Paris’s Necker district and part of the Tour Maine-Montparnasse complex. Inaugurated in 1973, it stands 209 metres tall without the 6-metre glass screen of its observatory.
Accor Arena
Accor Arena is a versatile, modular arena on boulevard de Bercy in Paris’s Bercy district. Opened in 1984, it hosts sports events, concerts, and regular competitions in tennis and judo, and will also be used for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Hôpital Édouard-Herriot
Hôpital Édouard-Herriot is a hospital at 5 place d'Arsonval in Lyon. Formerly called Grange-Blanche, it was designed by Tony Garnier and built between 1913 and 1933 as a pavilion hospital.
Stade Roland-Garros
Stade Roland-Garros is a tennis stadium built in 1927 in the west of Paris near Bois de Boulogne. It hosts the annual Internationaux de France de tennis and the Paris Major Premier Padel.
Les colonnes de Buren
Les Deux Plateaux is a work of art by Daniel Buren in the courtyard of the Palais-Royal in Paris, created with architect Patrick Bouchain. Commonly called les colonnes de Buren, it replaces a former parking area with an urban installation of striped columns.
Gagosian Gallery
Gagosian Gallery is a contemporary art gallery founded in Los Angeles in 1980 and later expanded to New York and other international cities. It exhibits artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Cours Florent
Cours Florent is a French theatre school created in 1967 by François Florent. It offers professional training in acting and related disciplines, with campuses in Paris, Brussels, Montpellier, and Lormont.
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is located in Paris under the Arc de Triomphe. It contains the body of a soldier who died during World War I and is not officially recognized as French. The monument symbolically commemorates all soldiers who died for France.
French Communist Party headquarters
The headquarters of the French Communist Party is located in Paris at 2, place du Colonel-Fabien, where it has been based since 1971. Designed by Oscar Niemeyer, the building is known for its S-shaped form, smoked glass façades, and white dome.
Shakespeare and Company
Shakespeare and Company is an English-language bookstore at 37 rue de la Bûcherie in Paris’s 5th arrondissement. Opened by George Whitman in 1951 as Le Mistral, it became Shakespeare and Company in 1964 and also serves as a free reading library and bookseller.
Piscine Molitor
Piscine Molitor is a Paris swimming pool and hotel complex near the Bois de Boulogne, between Stade Roland-Garros and Parc des Princes. Inaugurated in 1929, it is noted for its Art Deco design and later reconstruction.
Crazy Horse
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.
Westfield La Part-Dieu
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.
Stade Charléty
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.
Musée Marmottan Monet
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.
Coulée verte René-Dumont
Coulée verte René-Dumont, formerly called Promenade plantée, is a voie verte and linear park in Paris, France. It follows the route of a former railway line from Place de la Bastille to Porte de Montempoivre.
ENSATT
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.
Le Liberté
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.
Zénith Paris
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.
Flame of Liberty
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.
Stravinsky Fountain
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.
Bahadourian
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.
Church of St Joan of Arc
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.
Parc de la Villette
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.
Montluc prison
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.
Le Lido
Le Lido was a revue theater in Paris founded in 1946 in a former swimming pool on Avenue des Champs-Élysées. It became known for elaborate stage shows, international performers, and the Bluebell Girls.
Fondation Cartier
Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain is a private institution dedicated to contemporary art. Founded in 1984, it has served as an exhibition and creation space for artists from around the world.
Jardins du Trocadéro
The Jardins du Trocadéro are an urban park in Paris facing the Seine. Created for the 1937 Exposition spécialisée, they occupy the site of the former garden of the palais du Trocadéro and are bordered by the palais de Chaillot.
Lyon-Part-Dieu station
Lyon-Part-Dieu station is a railway station in the La Part-Dieu district of Lyon, France. Operated by SNCF, it serves international, national, and regional traffic and is a key element of the city’s rail junction.