The oldest church in Paris. On the advice of Germain (later Bishop of Paris), Childebert, son of Clovis, had a basilica and monastery built here around 543. It was first...

The palace itself was built in the 1620s for Marie de Médicis, widow of Henri IV, by Salomon de Brosse on the site of the former mansion of the Duke of Luxembourg. Its...

The city's most prestigious fine arts school resides in what remains of the 17th-century Couvent des Petits-Augustins, the 18th-century Hôtel de Chimay, some 19th-century...

It took 120 years (starting in 1646) and six architects to finish the church of St-Sulpice. The grandiose Italianate façade, with its two-tier colonnade, was designed by...

This former electricity substation, converted by Electricité de France for PR purposes, is now used for varied, well-presented exhibitions examining the likes of garden...

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,...

The 25-hectare park where an impoverished Ernest Hemingway staved off hunger by catching pigeons is a prized family attraction. Kids come from across the city for its pony...