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Hôtel de Ville 
Pl. de l'Hôtel-de-Ville F - 75004 Paris
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Victim of the Commune, the Hôtel de Ville (Town Hall) was rebuilt by Ballu and Deperthes between 1874 and 1882 in the neo-Renaissance style. The central part of the façade reproduces the one designed by Boccador in 1533; 146 statues stand in the nich..
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Place de l'Hôtel-de-Ville
Pl. de l'Hôtel-de-Ville F - 75004 Paris
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This square's former name, Place de Grève (strike), gave rise the expression «to strike» (faire grève): unemployed workers in fact had the custom of meeting there in the Middle Ages. A place for executions under the Ancien Régime with different proce..
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St-Jacques Tower
Sq. de la Tour-St-Jacques F - 75003 Paris
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The old belfry of the church of Saint-Jacques-la-Boucherie, built in the 16C and destroyed in 1802. What was once the point of departure for the pilgrims walking the road to Compostela is now a meteorological station, installed at the top of the towe..
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Church of St-Merri
78 r. St-Martin F - 75004 Paris
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Built in the flamboyant Gothic style of the 15C, it was the former parish of the Lombardy usurers who set up in the quartier. The inside, which is flamboyant, still preserves some beautiful window panes from the 16C and some magnificent panelling. Sa..
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Rue de Rivoli
R. de Rivoli F - 75004 Paris
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A long straight street that links rue Saint-Antoine to Place de la Concorde. Facing the Louvre and the Tuileries Gardens, it looks beautiful with its long gallery of arcades... which are unfortunately cluttered by too many cheap and nasty souvenir sh..
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Rue de la Colombe
R. de la Colombe F - 75004 Paris
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You will see traces of Lutèce's Gallo-Roman wall on the pavement. The Chapel of Sainte-Marine disappeared when the Rue d'Arcole was built. Girls whose «honour had been tainted» were married there and given a straw ring.
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Church of St-Gervais-St-Protais
Pl. St-Gervais F - 75004 Paris
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Gervais and Protais, two brothers martyred under Nero, well deserved their church. It was completed in 1657, and is built on a slight elevation accentuated by the Classical entrance steps. In the interior, carved choir stalls represent different trad..
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Rue des Ursins
R. des Ursins F - 75004 Paris
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In the 12C, the port of Saint-Landry, Paris's first port, was located here in this road that marks the old levels of the banks of the Seine. There are remains of a medieval chapel, the chapel of Saint-Aignan, at the end of the road. There is a mediev..
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Fontaine Stravinski
Pl. Sravinski F - 75004 Paris
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It is worked by the fascinating machinery by Jean Tinguely and decorated with colourful sculptures by Niki de Saint-Phalle evoking the works of the great composer Stravinski (Le Sacre du printemps, L'Oiseau de feu... )
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Quai aux Fleurs
Quai aux Fleurs F - 75004 Paris
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A view can be enjoyed from this quai right over Saint-Gervais and the tip of Ile Saint-Louis.
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Rue des Lombards
R. des Lombards F - 75004 Paris
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The name of the street, which has kept its medieval aspect, reminds us of the activity of the Lombardy usurers who sold their silver at the price of gold here.
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Rue Chanoinesse
R. Chanoinesse F - 75004 Paris
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The main thoroughfare of the old Notre-Dame cloister was in the Chapitre quarter. Even though it is a shame that part of the Police Headquarter has ruined it, it is still worth walking along. At numbers 22 and 24, you will see the last two canon hous..
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Flower market
Pl. Louis-Lépine F - 75004 Paris
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This charming market where flowers are replaced by birds on Sundays brightens up a square that is surrounded by austere government buildings. With regard to Louis Lépine, apart from the square and the competition for inventors that bear his name, som..
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Old Chapter Quarter
R. Chanoinesse F - 75004 Paris
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In the Middle Ages, the domain of Notre-Dame's powerful chapter stretched to the north of the cathedral, in an enclosed area with four doors where the canons each had a house and received their pupils: this renowned Notre-Dame school (Gerbert, Abélar..
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Place du Châtelet
Pl. du Châtelet F - 75001 Paris
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The Châtelet was the fortress built here to protect the North entrance to the City. Later it housed the «Parloir aux bourgeois» (the first Parliament), official residence of the provostship of Paris surrounded by the buildings of the rich corporation..
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« Carrousel du Louvre » galleries
99 r. de Rivoli F - 75001 Paris
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These underground galleries designed by Michel Macary blend in with Pei's reserve pyramid, huge shafts of light: the main gallery looks like a vessel thanks to the softness of the lighting, the concrete masses, and the row of windows. A range of top ..
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Pont au Change
Pt au Change F - 75001 Paris
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Originally built in wood in the 9C, it has been rebuilt a number of times. The present bridge dates from 1860. Opening onto the place du Châtelet, the bridge affords a fine view of the Conciergerie, the île de la Cité, Pont-Neuf and the Eiffel Tower...
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Rue St-Merri
R. St-Merri F - 75004 Paris
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At Nos. 9 and 12, stand two fine mansions from the 17C (the first was lived in by the chancellor to Marie de Médicis, Nicolas Pottier de Blancmesnil). The cul-de-sac du Boeuf, a very ancient road without an exit, is worth a look at.
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Conciergerie 
1 Quai de l'Horloge F - 75001 Paris
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It is from the quai de la Mégisserie, on the other side of the Seine, that you will find the best view of the façade of the Conciergerie, with its four towers reflected in the river which in the past lapped their base. The Bonbec Tower, on the right,..
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The National Museum of Modern Art 
Pl. Georges-Pompidou F - 75004 Paris
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Installed on the 4th and 5th levels of the Georges-Pompidou Centre, these collections (comprising some 40 000 works) enable you to follow the development of art from fauvism and cubism to highly contemporary expression. 900 works are presented in rot..
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