Notre Dame Cathedral was built in 1163 on a small island in the Seine River. It took almost 100 years to make it, but it has been further modified over…
The Eiffel Tower, 324 meters high, was built for the Universal Exhibition of 1889 and to celebrate the centenary of the French Revolution. It was built in just 2 years…
Louis XIV in 1670 commissioned the construction of Les Invalides which was intended to provide a shelter to take care of wounded, old, crippled or fragile soldiers and ensure their…
Montmartre is known as the romantic quarter of Paris. It was born in the mid-1800s on a hill used as vines with windmills, a landscape that inspired many artists who later…
The construction of the Arc de Triomphe was ordered in 1806 by Napoleon Bonaparte, who wanted this construction in honor of the successes and glory of the Grand Army after…
The Louvre Palace was built in 1190 as a residence for King Philip Augustus. Later it was transformed into a Renaissance-style palace and, since then, the Louvre has been used…