France - tourist attractions (page 2)

	Centre Pompidou	Centre Georges Pompidou (the Pompidou Centre), also known as le centre national d’art et de culture Georges-Pompidou, is a cultural centre in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, home to institutions dedicated to modern art. The building of the centre is in the high-tech architectural style. The complex...
	Palais Bourbon	The Palais Bourbon is a building located on the left bank of the Seine in Paris, close to the Place de la Concorde (which is located on the right bank). It is the official seat of the National Assembly, the lower legislative house of the French government.The palace was built at the beginning of the...
	Sacré-Coeur	The Sacré-Coeur Basilica (also known as The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus) is a Roman Catholic church in Paris dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It has the status of minor basilica. The church is located in the 18th arrondissement, on the top of the Montmartre hill, which is the highes...
	Luxembourg Palace	The Luxembourg Palace (Palais du Luxembourg) is a building located in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, north of the Luxembourg Garden, near the famous Latin Quarter. It was built between 1615 and 1627 in the northern part of the Luxemburg Garden (Jardin du Luxembourg). The construction of the Palac...
	Opéra Bastille	The Opéra Bastille (Opéra de la Bastille), located at the Place de la Bastille, in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, was designed by the Canadian-Uruguayan architect Carlos Ott, who in November 1983 won an international competition in which some 1,700 architects presented their projects. The new ope...
	Panthéon, Paris	The Pantheon in Paris is a 19th century Neoclassical building located in the Latin Quarter of Paris (5th arrondissement) on the mountain of Sainte-Geneviève. Originally, it functioned as a church dedicated to St. Genevieve, but now is a civic temple and a famous burial place. It was designed by the ...
	Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile	The Triumphal Arch in Paris (Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile) is a monumental structure located in the middle of the Place Charles de Gaulle (also known as Place de l'Étoile), in the Champs-Élysées district, at the border of the 8th, 16th and 17th arrondissement. It was built as a homage to French soldi...
	Père Lachaise Cemetery	Père Lachaise Cemetery (Cimetière du Père-Lachaise in French), located in the 20th arrondissement (Père Lachaise), is the largest cemetery in Paris and one of the most famous cemeteries in the world. Many world renowned artists and writers are buried here and that is why it the most visited cemetery...
	Eiffel Tower	The Eiffel Tower is a structure designed by Gustave Eiffel as the main constructor but also other architects and structural engineers like Stephen Sauvestre, Maurice Koechlin or Emilie Nouguier. It was built for the 1889 Exposition Universelle and is located on the Champ de Mars in Paris. Nowadays i...
	Place de la Concorde	The Place de la Concorde, covering an area of 8 hectares, is the largest square in Paris. It is located in the 8th arrondissement, between the Tuileries and the eastern end of the Champs-Élysées. Before the construction of the square in 1772, a big statue of King Louis XV was erected at its site in ...