Sightseeing Paris

 

The Louvre was constructed at the end of the 12th century by King Philip Auguste, and was originally conceived as a fortress. In 1546 François 1 converted the medieval chateau into a luxury...

 

Praised and criticised in equal measure, the Eiffel Tower has always been one of the most widely talked about Parisian monuments. The tower is 318.7 metres high (1052 feet), and weighs 10,100 tons;...

 

The Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris was originally the dream of one man, Maurice de Sully, who was the bishop of Paris in 1160. His dream was eventually realised, but the construction of this gothic...

 

Architects Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers created this architectural wonder in 1972, creating a sensation with its bursts of colour. The Centre recently reopened for the new millenium after...

 

At the beginning of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, a Catholic vow decreed that a church dedicated to the heart of Christ be built. After years of hard labour, the Sacré Coeur was finally completed...

 

About 130 metres above the city, just above Montmartre's famed Sacre Coeur Cathedral, rests this charming square —an important part of the most elevated neighbourhood in Paris. Place du Tertre has...

 

This huge arch was built in honour of the victories of Napoleon's armies, standing majestic and imposing, in the Place Charles-de-Gaulle (commonly known as the Place de l'Etoile). Napoleon ordered...

 

"Au Lapin Agile" is a pink house set into the hill, far removed from the tourist traps that are everywhere around the top of Montmartre. Since 1875, many famous French singers and poets have come...