Paris - places

Palais de Chaillotet

For the Exposition Internationale of 1937, the old Palais du Trocadéro was demolished and replaced by the Palais de Chaillot which now tops the hill. It was designed in classicizing "moderne" style by architects Louis-Hippolyte Boileau, Jacques Carlu and Léon Azema. Like the old palais, the palais de Chaillot features two wings shaped to form a wide arc: indeed, these wings were build on the foundations of those of the former building. However, unlike the old palais, the wings are independent buildings and there is no central element to connect them: instead, a wide esplanade leaves an open view from the place du Trocadéro to the Eiffel Tower and beyond.

The buildings are decorated with quotations by Paul Valéry, and they now house a number of museums:

• the Musée national de la Marine (naval museum) and the Musée de l'Homme (ethnology) in the southern (Passy) wing,
• the Musée national des Monuments français in the eastern (Paris) wing, from which one also enters the Théâtre national de Chaillot, a theater below the esplanade.

It was on the front terrace of the palace that Adolf Hitler was pictured during his short tour of the vanquished city in 1940, with the Eiffel Tower in the background. This became an iconic image of the Second World War.

It is in the Palais de Chaillot that the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10, 1948. This event is now commemorated by a stone, and the esplanade is known as the esplanade des droits de l'homme ("esplanade of human rights").

La Tour Eiffel




Avenue des Champs Élysées

Rue de Rivoli

Louvre
Look for statues

The Louvre Richelieu Wing


Jardin du Palais Royal (Metro:Louvre)
Parc Monceau, Metro: Monceau or Villiers, bus:30,94, most romantic
Joan d'Arc on horseback. Statue in Paris, France; Rue de Rivoli, near Place de la Concorde and Louvre museum.

Sacred coeur in Montmartre




View taken from Monmartre

Esplanade des Invalides

St Chappelle



Paris Opera
Marc Chagall - Ceiling of the Paris Opera


Interior - Palais Garnier et de l'Opéra

La Mairie de Paris


Brandenburg gate

Pantheon

Musee de la Musique (avant-garde architecture)
Notre Dame de Paris





Headless Saint - at the front portico of Notre Dame Cathedral

L'Arc de Triomphe


Galleries Lafayette


La Seine


Hôtel de Ville, Paris


Musee d'Orsay



You can find street artists in front of the Musee d'Orsay.

Plaza Vendôme



Pont Alexandre III





Marais

Latin Quarter
for Roman ruins, medieval streets, hidden squares
Institute du Monde Arabe
Centre Pompidou
Bastille's Opera
Bibliotheque National

Musee d'Orsay
Centre Pompidou & Musee National d'Art Moderne
Musee Picasso
Musee Carnavalet
Musee Marmottan-Claude Monet

Conciergerie

Department store La Samaritaine

Jardin de Luxembourg

Jardin de Tuileries (cf post Paris - repas:cafe Le Grand Vefour, Costes)

Chateau de Versailles
Virtual tour http://www.gvn.chateauversailles.fr/fr/index.html

École Polytechnique
Address: 91128 Palaiseau Cedex
15km from Paris
How to get there: http://www.polytechnique.fr/campus/campus_plans.php
Access from Lozère (RER B) station

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Info: http://www.polytechnique.fr

Fontainebleau

Practical Information:
Buy Cart Orange for going around Paris
For acess to Museum: La carte Musees et Monments (3 day pass)
Show your ISIC

Bordeaux

Cathedral de Saint-André