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Grand Palais |
The Grand Palais des Champs-Elysées, commonly known as the Grand Palais (English: Great Palace), is a large historic site, exhibition hall and museum complex located at the Champs-Élysées in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France.
Construction of the Grand Palais began in 1897 following the demoli... |
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Musée du Quai Branly |
The Musée du quai Branly, known in English as the Quai Branly Museum, nicknamed MQB, is a museum in Paris, France that features indigenous art, cultures and civilizations from Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas.
The museum is located at 37, quai Branly situated close to the Eiffel Tower. The n... |
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Pont Alexandre III |
The Pont Alexandre III is an arch bridge that spans the Seine, connecting the Champs-Élysées quarter and the Invalides and Eiffel Tower quarter, widely regarded as the most ornate, extravagant bridge in Paris. It is classified as a historical monument. The bridge, with its exuberant Art Nouveau lamp... |
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Paris Observatory |
The Paris Observatory (in French, Observatoire de Paris or Observatoire de Paris-Meudon) is the foremost astronomical observatory of France, and one of the largest astronomical centres in the world.
Its historic main building is to be found on the Left Bank of the Seine in central Paris. Administra... |
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Pont de l'Alma |
Pont de l'Alma (Alma Bridge in English) is an arch bridge in Paris, crossing the Seine near Champ-the-Mars.
It was named to commemorate the Battle of Alma during the Crimean War, in which the Franco-British alliance achieved victory over the Russian army on September 20, 1854. The initial construct... |
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Basilica of St Denis |
The Cathedral Basilica of Saint Denis (Cathédrale royale de Saint-Denis, or simply Basilique Saint-Denis, previously the Abbaye de Saint-Denis) is a large medieval abbey church in the commune of Saint-Denis, now a northern suburb of Paris. The abbey church was created a cathedral in 1966 and is the ... |
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Musée national de la Marine |
The Musée national de la Marine (National Navy Museum) is a maritime museum located in the Palais de Chaillot, Trocadéro, in the XVIe arrondissement of Paris.
The permanent collection originates in a collection that dates back to Louis XV of France. In 1748, Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau offered a... |
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Place des Victoires |
The Place des Victoires is a circular square located northeast of the Palais Royal on the boarder of the 1st and 2nd arrondissement of Paris. The square is the meeting place of six streets: Rue de la Feuillade, Rue Vide Gousset, Rue d'Aboukir, Rue Étienne Marcel, Rue Croix des Petits Champs, and Rue... |
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Paris Catacombs |
The Paris Catacombs (Catacombes de Paris) is an underground ossuary, a maze of tunnels and crypts underneath the city of Paris, where Parisians had been burying the dead for almost 30 years. The catacombs are located near the Place Denfert-Rochereau, which was the former city gate. They hold the ske... |
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Cirque d'hiver |
The Cirque d'hiver ("Winter Circus"), located at 110 rue Amelot in the city of Paris has been a prominent venue for circuses, exhibitions of dressage, musical concerts, and other events, including exhibitions of Turkish wrestling and even fashion shows.
The theatre was designed by the architect Jac... |
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