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Musée du Louvre

The Louvre is the largest museum in Paris and one of the most important museums in the world. Located in the heart of Paris, the Louvre is a former royal palace.

The equestrian statue of Louis XIV constitutes the point of departure of the historic axis, but the palace itself is not aligned with this axis. It's one of the world's oldest museums, as well as the third largest in terms of floor area. The Louvre boasts a long history of conserving France's artistic and historic heritage, from the time of the Capetian kings to the present day.

A universalist museum, the Louvre spans a vast chronology, from antiquity to 1848, and covers an immense geographic area, from Western Europe to Iran, by way of Greece, Egypt and the Near East. Its diverse collection includes paintings, sculptures, drawings, ceramics, archaeological objects and art objects. Among the most famous works are the Code of Hammurabi, the Venus de Milo, the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci and Liberty Leading the People by Eugene Delacroix. With a floor area of 210,000 square metres, 60,000 of which are dedicated to exhibitions, the Louvre is the most visited museum in the world, with 8.3 million visitors in 2006.

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Musée du Louvre
rue de l’Amiral de Coligny
75001 Paris
Opening hours
Open every day except Tuesday, from 9 AM to 6 PM.
Access
Metro : Palais Royal - Musee du Louvre
Bus : 21, 24, 27, 39, 48, 68, 69, 72, 76, 81, 95

Cathédrale Notre-Dame

A masterpiece of Gothic architecture, Notre-Dame de Paris was built between the 12th and 14th centuries (1163-1345).

Notre-Dame Cathedral is readily recognizable by its two towers and its three portals marking the entrance to the monument from the cathedral square. The towers reach a height of 69 metres, while the 19th-century spire rises to 90 metres. Before entering the nave and admiring, in particular, the stained glass windows, some of which date back to the Middle Ages, gaze up at the malicious-looking gargoyles peering down at you from the rain gutters.
Kilometre Zero of the French national highway system is located on the cathedral square.

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Cathédrale Notre-Dame
6 place du Parvis-Notre-Dame
75004 Paris
Opening hours
Daily from 7:45 AM to 6:45 PM.
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Les Champs-Elysées

The Avenue des Champs-Elysees is the largest and most famous avenue in Paris. It's even considered the most beautiful avenue in the world.

It takes its name from the Elysian Fields, the final resting place of the heroic and virtuous in Greek Mythology.

The Champs-Elysees are located in Paris's 8th arrondissement, in the northwest of the city. The avenue begins at the Place de la Concorde, where the Luxor Obelisk stands, and stretches 1,950 metres to the west, with its first half remaining flat and its second half rising to the Place Charles de Gaulle at the centre of which stands the Arc de Triomphe. The avenue is seventy metres wide.

Its straight layout offers a long perspective beginning with the Louvre Palace and including the equestrian statue of Louis XIV in the Louvre's Cour Napoleon, the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, the Tuileries Gardens, the Obelisk, the Arc de Triomphe and, further west outside Paris proper, the Grande Arche in La Defense. This is known as the "Historical Axis" of western Paris.

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Les Champs-Elysées
Avenue des Champs-Elysées
75008 Paris
Opening hours
Free access.
Access
<SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Métro :</SPAN> Concorde, Charles de Gaulle - Étoile, Champs-Élysées - Clemenceau, Franklin D. Roosevelt, George V.
<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">RER :</SPAN> Charles de Gaulle - Étoile </DIV>

Palais des Congrès de Paris Porte Maillot

The Palais des Congres, Paris's emblematic convention centre, has been at the centre of Parisian activity for more than 30 years.

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Palais des Congrès de Paris Porte Maillot
2, place de la Porte-Maillot
75017 Paris
Opening hours
Hours vary. Please contact the event organizer.
Access
Métro : Porte Maillot
RER : Ligne C

Bus : 82, 73, 43, 244, PC

Rétrospective Yves-Saint Laurent

Jusqu’au 29 août prochain, le Petit Palais présente la toute première rétrospective consacrée à l’œuvre du couturier français Yves Saint-Laurent. Une exposition hommage à l’initiative de la Fondation Pierre Bergé-Yves Saint Laurent et du Musée des Beaux- Arts de la Ville de Paris, qui revient sur plus de 40 ans de carrière.

Pour l’occasion, plus de 300 modèles ainsi que de nombreux croquis, documents et films, ont été réunis, pour éclairer le parcours de celui qui révolutionna la mode.

De ses débuts chez Dior, aux sublimes robes du soir de ses dernières années, les pièces les plus emblématiques du « style Saint-Laurent » sont présentées au public, retraçant l’évolution des codes vestimentaires et de la société de la fin du XXè siècle.

Cabans, cuissardes, sahariennes, smoking ou costumes-pantalon, Saint Laurent dessine pour la femme moderne une silhouette androgyne, qui emprunte au vestiaire masculin ses attributs de pouvoir.

Une exposition à ne pas rater pour découvrir ou redécouvrir les modèles qui ont bouleversé les codes, et transformé radicalement la garde-robe féminine.

"J’ai toujours placé au-dessus de tout le respect de ce métier, qui n’est pas tout à fait un art mais qui a besoin d’un artiste pour exister."

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Rétrospective Yves-Saint Laurent

Paris
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Champs-Elysées- Clémenceau
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Petit Palais



Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris

Avenue Winston Churchill

75008 Paris

+33 1 53 43 40 00

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