Musées
This large museum was the seat of government. It is now an art museum and holds "La Joconde."
Le Louvre
This gothic cathedral on Ile de la Cité inspired the famous novel by Victor Hugo about a hunchback.
Notre Dame
This building was a hospital to care for soldiers wounded in battle. It now holds an Army museum as well as Napoleon's Tomb.
Les Invalides
The modern "ARCHE" mirrors the Arc de Triomphe in this business district in the "banlieues" of Paris.
La Défense
This tall iron structure, named after its engineer, was built for the 1889 World's Fair that commemorated the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution
La Tour Eiffel
This art museum is located in the Marais and holds cubist paintings by the very famous artist the museum is named after.
Musée Picasso
This Byzanstine-style basilica sits on top of a hill in Montmartre and holds the larges mosaic in the world.
Sacré Coeur
The arc was built to celebrate the return of victorious armies. The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier with an eternal flame is underneath.
Arc de Triomphe
This river flows through Paris and divides it in two.
La Seine
This Place currently has an Egyptian Obelisk at its center. But during the French Revolution, the Guillotine was there.
Place de la Concorde
This small art museum, named after a famous artist, has the sculpture called "Le Penseur."
This neighborhood on the right bank was the former Jewish quarter. It holds the Picasso museum, the Opera Bastille, the Place de Vosges and the Centre Pompidou.
Le Marais
Bones fill the tunnels under Paris in this macabre monument.
the Catacombes.
The north side of the River, or the Right bank, is called this in French.
La Rive Droite
King Louis XVI lived in this palace until he was dragged back to Paris to be beheaded during the French Revolution. (It is also where the treaty to end WWI was signed.)
Versailles.
This art museum is in a former train station and now holds paintings by famous Impressionist artists.
Musée d'Orsay
This neighborhood on the left bank is known as the University district. It also holds the Sorbonne and the Pantheon.
Quartier Latin
The horseshoe shaped building was built for a World's Fair and houses three museums and a theater.
Chaillot
This huge, famous street fruns from the Place de la Concorde to the Arc de Triomphe.
Les Champs-Élysées
Marie Antoinette was held prisoner here before she was beheaded.
La Conciergerie
This museum in the Tuilerie gardens has a twin and hold the famous "Water Lilies" by Monet in an oval shaped room.
l'Orangerie
The Place du Tertre, where artists continue to paint and sell their work, is located in this neighborhood on a hill.
These 2 buildings in the Beaux-Arts style were exhibition halls during a World's Fair and continue to hold art exhibitions.
Le Grand Palais et Le Petit Palais
This is the smaller island in the middle of the river. It does NOT have Notre Dame or the Conciergerie on it.
Ile St-Louis
The storming of this monument (now a Place with a column in the center) began the French Revolution in 1789.
La Bastille