Les Deux Magots is a famous café in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés area of Paris, France. It once had a reputation as the rendezvous of the literary and intellectual élite of the city. It is now a popular tourist destination.
Opened in 1919, the Musée Rodin contains most of Rodin's significant creations, including The Thinker, The Kiss and The Gates of Hell. Many of his sculptures are displayed in the museum's extensive garden. The museum is one of the most accessible museums in Paris. It is located near the Varenne Metro stop.
Paris Cluny Museum of Medieval Art (Musée national du Moyen Âge) - The structure is perhaps the most outstanding example still extant of civic architecture in medieval Paris; it combines Gothic and Renaissance elements. It was formerly the town house (hôtel) of the abbots of Cluny. The Musée de Cluny houses a variety of important medieval artifacts, in particular its tapestry collection, which includes the fifteenth century tapestry cycle La Dame à la Licorne. Other notable works stored there include early medieval sculptures from the seventh and eighth centuries, and works of gold, ivory, antique furnishings, stained glass, and illuminated manuscripts.
Bastille - currently a public square, formerly a fortress known formally as the Bastille Saint-Antoine that was demolished and replaced by the Place de la Bastille. The Bastille fortress was built in response to a threat to Paris during the Hundred Years' War between England and France. Prior to the Bastille, the main royal castle in Paris was the Louvre, in the west of the capital, but the city had expanded by the middle of the 14th century and the eastern side was exposed to an English attack. Some remains of its stone foundation were relocated to the side of the Boulevard Henri IV.
Luxor Obelisk - stands at the center of the Place de la Concorde. It is over 3,000 years old and was originally situated outside of Luxor Temple, where its twin remains to this day.
Palais de l'Elysee - originally called Hôtel d'Évreux, it was finished and decorated by 1722, and though it has undergone many modifications since, it remains a fine example of the French classical style.
Musée Carnavalet - museum dedicated to the history of Paris. Opened to the public in 1880. In the courtyard is a magnificent sculpture of Louis XIV, the Sun King. The Carnavalet houses about 2,600 paintings, 20,000 drawings, 300,000 engravings and 150,000 photographs, 2,000 modern sculptures, 800 pieces of furniture, thousands of ceramics and canoes from the original fishing village dating to the time of Julius Caesar.
Jardin du Luxembourg - created beginning in 1612 by Marie de' Medici, the widow of King Henry IV of France. It covers 23 hectares and is known for its lawns, tree-lined promenades, flowerbeds, model sailboats in its circular basin, and the picturesque Medici Fountain, built in 1620.
Place des Vosges, 1612, the oldest planned square in Paris, the first formal development in history (the housefronts were all built to the same design), and the prototype of all European city squares to come, the prototype of all the residential squares of European cities.
Hôtel de Ville is the building housing the city's local administration. Built from 1533 to 1628. The site has been the headquarters of the municipality of Paris since 1357.
Place du Châtelet - currently a public square, previously the location of the Grand Châtelet, a stronghold in Ancien Régime Paris
St Jacque Tower - 52-metre (171 ft) Flamboyant Gothic tower is all that remains of the former 16th-century Church of Saint-Jacques-de-la-Boucherie ("Saint James of the butchery"), which was demolished in 1797, during the French Revolution.
