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Louvre - Concorde Louvre/Chatelet/Marais
Between Le Louvre and the Tuileries palace is the charming Tuileries
Garden, especially appreciated by children for puppet shows and
sailboat models. One of the famous sites of Paris is Le Louvre and
though some people wouldn’t know it if they were in front of it, a
relatively new glass pyramid clears all doubt. Built around 1200,
the Louvre was a former palace for the royal family and it became a
museum in 1793 during the french revolution, and after the death of
Louis 16. It is the largest royal palace in France and houses one of
the richest collections of art and antiquities in the world. Les
Halles (also known as Forum des Halles) was named by Emile Zola "
Belly of Paris" for all of its food vendors, but today all of that
old marketplace is gone and replaced by shopping and restaurants. It
is today the favorite spot of Parisian teenagers, thanks to its huge
underground shopping mall. Around this lively place is
Saint-Eustache, a splendid church built from 1532 to 1754. The
Centre George Pompidou (also called Beaubourg) is today one of the
most popular attractions of Paris. Next to this famous building are
a few cafes and bistrots, with terrace, around the amazing and funny
Stravinsky Fountain with its bizarre water fountain statues. The
Marais district stretches between the Bastille and the Hotel de
Ville, and Le Marais means " the marsh" which comes from the
flooding by the Seine until 16th century. It has private residences,
mansions and private hotels that have kept their pre-Revolution
architecture. The Place des Vosges is surrounded by an ensemble
of 36 symmetrical stone houses of two storeys steep pitch slate
roofs. This quarter is a very lively quarter with clothing
boutiques, antique shops, boulangeries /patisseries, tea shops and
bistrots. This is also a middle-eastern influenced section of the
city and some of the best bistros and foods can be found here. The
place de la Bastille is at the crossroads of large boulevards and
its July Column reminds of the famous events of 1789. This area east
of the Marais gets its name from the infamous Bastille prison, which
was stormed on 14 July 1789 by insurgents, at the start of the
French Revolution. Artists, galleries and the opening of the Opera
Bastille in 1989 have transformed the district into one where a
young crowd can find plenty to do at night. Along the strees of
Faubourg-St. Antoine is the old cabinet maker’s district and is
still a place to find furniture. The marche Aligre is one of the
best markets at the place d’Aligre. Sites to See: Louvre, Hotel de
Ville, Tuileries Gardens, St Eustache Church, Forum des Halles,
Pompidou Center, Stravinsky Fountain, Place des Vosges, Picasso
Museum, Carnavalet Museum, Hotel Rohan, Hotel de Guenegaud, Hotel de
Soubise, Place de la Bastille, Opera Bastille.Other Areas in Paris - Click for more information: |
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