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Bibliothèque Nationale de France - Richelieu & Musée du Cabinet des Médailles

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Attractions, Museums

The history of the French National Library began in the 1660s, when Louis XIV moved manuscripts that couldn't be housed in the Louvre to this lavish Louis XIII townhouse,...

58 rue de Richelieu

Bibliothèque Nationale de France François Mitterrand

Attractions

Opened in 1996, the new national library was the last and costliest of Mitterrand's grands projets. Its architect, Dominique Perrault, was criticised for his curiously dated...

10 quai François-Mauriac

Institut de France

Attractions

This elegant domed building with two sweeping curved wings was designed as a school by Louis Le Vau and opened in 1684. The five academies of the Institut (Académie Française,...

23 quai de Conti